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Two paths towards the exceptional extension of national voting rights to non-citizen residents.
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Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies . May2023, Vol. 49 Issue 10, p2541-2560. 20p. 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Only five countries have extended universal voting rights to non-citizen residents for all political spheres (local, intermediate and national): Uruguay in 1934, New Zealand in 1975, Chile in 1980, Malawi in 1994, and Ecuador in 2008. These cases constitute a unique intercontinental medley and an opportunity to study the conditions behind such revolutionary change. Through a calibrated comparative strategy based on most similar system designs (inspired by Mill's method of difference) using QCA, this paper finds that the extension of national voting rights to non-citizen residents transpired in two distinct scenarios. The first setting (Chile, New Zealand, and Uruguay) took place within unitary states with already-existing local voting rights for non-citizen residents and settler trajectories, but that were not undergoing a liberalisation process. On the other hand, the second configuration (Ecuador and Malawi) developed within unitary states that recognised nationality by ius soli and were going through a process of liberalisation, but without previous local voting rights for non-citizen residents or a settler trajectory. To our best knowledge, this paper offers the first cross-national explanation that involves all cases that have broadened their respective political communities (demoi) to include national voting rights to all non-citizen residents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SUFFRAGE
*NONCITIZENS
*POLITICAL community
*FINANCIAL liberalization
*DEMOCRACY
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369183X
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163552858
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2023.2182713