Seminar series Do enfranchised immigrants affect politicians' behaviour? Global Citizenship seminar Add to calendar 2022-03-17 12:00 2022-03-17 13:00 Europe/Rome Do enfranchised immigrants affect politicians' behaviour? Sala Triaria Villa Schifanoia YYYY-MM-DD Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email Scheduled dates Mar 17 2022 12:00 - 13:00 CET Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia Organised by Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies GGP: Global Governance Programme This seminar asks whether immigrants' enfranchisement affect how politicians respond to immigration Immigrants are a large and growing unenfranchised group across many developed countries. Does immigrants' enfranchisement affect how politicians respond to immigration? I study the unique UK context, where immigrants from Ireland and the Commonwealth have voting rights in all elections immediately upon arrival, but these rights are not accorded to other immigrants. I analyse how politicians discuss immigration using text analysis of the universe of speeches in the UK parliament and how MPs vote on immigration bills between 1972 and 2011. I use a shift-share instrument exploiting pre-existing settlement patterns to address immigrants' endogenous location choice. I find that politicians exposed to higher enfranchised immigration spend more time in the parliament discussing issues that affect immigrants positively, yet they vote to increase immigration restrictions. Enfranchisement leads to more political engagement of immigrants, and politicians respond to this engagement. The political cost of favouring enfranchised immigrants is compensated by restricting future immigration. Links Global Citizenship Research Area Partners Related events Read more Conference 04 Oct 2022 12:30 - 14:00 CEST Geneva, Geneva Graduate Institute Conference Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (Dis)Enfranchisement, youth participation and new forms of political enlargement Speakers: Maarten Vink (European University Institute) Victoria Finn (European University Institute) Maria Mexi (Geneva Graduate Institute) Laura Bullon-Cassis (Geneva Graduate Institute) Yanina Welp (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Read more Conference 04 Oct 2022 12:30 - 14:00 CEST Geneva, Geneva Graduate Institute Conference Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (Dis)Enfranchisement, youth participation and new forms of political enlargement Speakers: Maarten Vink (European University Institute) Victoria Finn (European University Institute) Maria Mexi (Geneva Graduate Institute) Laura Bullon-Cassis (Geneva Graduate Institute) Yanina Welp (Geneva Graduate Institute)