Jahrzehntelang prägte eine Erzählung unser Verständnis von der politischen Teilhabe von Einwanderern in Europa: Die Kinder von Einwanderern, die im Aufnahmeland geboren und aufgewachsen sind, dort zur Schule gegangen sind und über volle politische Rechte verfügen,…
Note: Parts of this text have been adapted from the Chapter “4. Designing the Study: Case Logic and Mixed Methods across Germany and the Netherlands” of my doctoral dissertation.
As is the case in many other areas of research, scholars of immigrant political participation face challenges of data availability and accessibility. This problem affects the type of questions that can be researched and the methods…
The question of whether emigrants have an impact on the politics of their home countries has been the subject of debate in academic research. The case of Ecuador sheds light on an influential emigrant political minority…