Beyond Emigrant Voting: Consultation as a Mechanism of Political Incorporation from Abroad OR not all Emigrant Consultative Bodies are Born the Same

Authors

  • Pau Palop-García Institute of Latin American Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies
  • Luicy Pedroza Institute of Latin American Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1971-4399

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v17i1.834

Keywords:

return migration, integration, labour market, employment

Abstract

The scholarship on political transnationalism aims to understand how and why emigrants keep relevant political ties with their state of origin as well as cultivate new ones with their country of residence. Through the multiple formal shapes that such political ties can adopt, much has been written on the electoral channel, neglecting other important formal mechanisms of political participation from abroad. In this short paper we contribute to the study of one such mechanism: consultative bodies of emigrant affairs. Looking at an entire world region -Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)- we compare the creation of such consultative bodies to the adoption of electoral rights and account for the main characteristics of consultative bodies, creating a typology of them along on two dimensions: independence from governmental authorities and degree of entitlement in the policy-making process. This work aims to set the ground for and encourage further comparative large-N and in-depth case studies that will contribute to better understand the possibilities that emigrant consultative bodies open for emigrant participation.

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230512429

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Published

2020-01-23

How to Cite

Palop-García, P., & Pedroza, L. (2020). Beyond Emigrant Voting: Consultation as a Mechanism of Political Incorporation from Abroad OR not all Emigrant Consultative Bodies are Born the Same. Migration Letters, 17(1), 139–146. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v17i1.834

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: Diaspora Politics

Section

Special Dossier

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