Klekowski von Koppenfels, Amanda (2020) Federal Structure and Party Politics as Simultaneous Opportunity and Constraint: Transnational Political Engagement of overseas Americans. In: Kernalegenn, Tudi and van Haute, Emilie, eds. Political Parties Abroad: A New Arena for Party Politics. Routledge Studies on Political Parties and Party Systems . Routledge, Abingdon-on-Thames. ISBN 978-0-367-85785-1. (KAR id:79611)
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Abstract
This chapter examines the differential inclusion of overseas Americans in the American polity; overseas Americans are included, and vote, as individual citizens in all primary and general elections but are recognized as a distinct overseas constituency only in the Democrats Abroad Global Primary. Constitutional, federal and state law shapes this differential American inclusion. The right to vote was extended on the basis of a constitutional right to electoral equality. On the other hand, an overseas constituency in which US citizens voted for dedicated representatives would be possible only with a constitutional amendment. In a state with a strong sense of itself as an immigration country, and not as a state with a diaspora identity, such an amendment is unlikely. The contestation of the profile of the overseas American population feeds into this discussion. Party-led inclusion is the strongest way in which overseas US citizens can be included as a distinct constituency.
Item Type: | Book section |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | overseas Americans; migrants; Democrats Abroad; external voting; voting from abroad |
Subjects: |
J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations |
Depositing User: | Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2020 16:07 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2021 14:10 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79611 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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