Voting Rights in the Era of Globalization

Informationen zum Autor Daniele Caramani is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich. His main theoretical contribution is in the field of the nationalisation of politics in Western Europe. Current projects ¿ partly financed through SNF-NCCR grants ¿ extend the analysis horizontally (in Central and Eastern Europe) and vertically (the formation of a supra-national party system in the European Union). Florian Grotz is Professor of Comparative Government at the Institute of Political Science, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg. His main research interests include Government and Politics in Germany, Elections and Electoral Systems and Party Governments and Institutional Change. Klappentext The book investigates the extension of voting rights to non-national immigrants and to expatriates in broad comparative perspective, covering relevant experiences in Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Zusammenfassung The book investigates the extension of voting rights to non-national immigrants and to expatriates in broad comparative perspective, covering relevant experiences in Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Beyond citizenship and residence? Exploring the extension of voting rights in the age of globalization 2. Morphing the Demos into the right shape. Normative principles for enfranchising resident aliens and expatriate citizens 3. The enfranchisement of citizens abroad: variations and explanations 4. The enfranchisement of resident aliens: variations and explanations 5. "Keeping Pandora’s (ballot) box half-shut": a comparative inquiry into the institutional limits of external voting in EU Member States 6. Expatriates as voters? The new dynamics of external voting in Sub-Saharan Africa 7. Immigrant enfranchisement in Latin America: From strongmen to universal citizenship

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniele Caramani, Daniele (University of Zurich Caramani, Florian Grotz
• Con la collaborazione di: Daniele Caramani (Editore), Caramani Daniele (Editore), Florian Grotz (Editore), Grotz Florian (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138653689
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65368-9
• Pagine: 174
• Serie: Democratization Special Issues
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship