Old Nations, New Voters: Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Democracy in the Era of Global Migration

, by Earnest, David C.

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ISBN: 9780791476147 | 0791476146
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Copyright: 7/1/2009

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Groundbreaking empirical study of voting by resident aliens in established democracies.

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
The Democratic Dilemma of Migration	p. 1
The Voting Rights of Resident Aliens: An Empirical Overview	p. 13
A Typology of Resident Alien Suffrage	p. 21
Voting Rights Granted by Localities	p. 22
Discriminatory Regimes	p. 27
Nondiscriminatory Regimes	p. 29
Discrimination through Residency Qualifications	p. 33
Alien Suffrage in National Constitutions	p. 34
Resident Alien Voting Rights in International Law	p. 35
Negative Cases: States That Have Rejected Alien Suffrage	p. 37
Why Enfranchise? A Preview	p. 40
Implications for the Research Design	p. 43
Nationalism and Transnationalism: Hypotheses on the Political Incorporation of Resident Aliens	p. 47
Nationalism and Transnationalism: An Overview	p. 48
Hypothesized Causes of Political Incorporation	p. 55
Conclusion: Convergence or Heterogeneity?	p. 62
Study Population, Measures, and Estimation Strategy	p. 65
Population of the Study	p. 65
Dependent Variables: Voting Rights for Resident Aliens	p. 69
Measures for the Independent Variables	p. 71
Control Variables	p. 81
Longitudinal Coverage	p. 84
Model Specification and Methods of Estimation	p. 84
Conclusion	p. 93
Statistical Findings	p. 95
The Ordered Probit Model	p. 95
The Probit Model	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 110
Case Studies: Political Incorporation and Historical Institutionalism	p. 111
The Netherlands	p. 113
The Federal Republic of Germany	p. 116
Belgium	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 123
Theoretical Implications	p. 127
The Influence of History: Citizenship, Nationhood, and Rights	p. 128
State Institutions and Voting Rights for Aliens	p. 130
Systemic Factors: Traces of Transnationalism	p. 134
Next Steps	p. 136
Sovereignty and the Nation	p. 139
Problems with Demographic Data on Resident Aliens	p. 145
A Note about Sources for Demographic Data	p. 147
Codebook	p. 149
Dependent Variables: Measures and Sources	p. 149
Identifiers, Independent and Control Variables	p. 150
Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Matrix	p. 153
Notes	p. 157
References	p. 179
Index	p. 199
Suny Series in Global Politics	p. 209
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