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The Role of Local V...
The Role of Local Voting Rights for Non-Naturalized Immigrants : A Catalyst for Integration?
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- Engdahl, Mattias (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, 1976- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- Rosenqvist, Olof, 1988- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- 2020-01-14
- 2020
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: The international migration review. - : SAGE Publications. - 0197-9183 .- 1747-7379. ; 54:4, s. 1134-1157
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Abstract
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- Recent decades have seen a strong trend among democratic countries to extend voting rights at subnational levels to non-naturalized immigrants, creating substantial variation across countries in terms of voting eligibility rules for non-naturalized immigrants. Our knowledge of the consequences of these different systems for immigrant political integration is, however, limited. This article seeks to shed new light on this important issue by using Swedish data to study whether immigrants who face shorter residency requirements for voting eligibility in local elections are more likely to integrate politically. We find little compelling evidence that such is the case. The results suggest that immigrants who became eligible to vote after six to seven years were as likely to naturalize and vote in future elections in both the short and long run as those who received the right to vote after only three years of residency. Thus, although expanded franchise can be of symbolic, as well as practical, value, it is unlikely to be a panacea for immigrant political inclusion. The argument that early voting rights for non-naturalized immigrants is desirable since it helps speed up immigrant political integration should, therefore, be used with some care by those advocating for such reforms.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Political Science (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- local election
- voting rights
- non-naturalized citizens
- integration
- naturalization
- turnout
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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