Migrant political transnationalism and the practice of democracy: Dominican external voting rights and Salvadoran home town associations

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-686

  Itzigsohn, José ^a   Villacrés, Daniela ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Homeland politics; Immigration; Latin America; Political participation; Transnational; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; IMMIGRATION; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GREATER ANTILLES; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 42049090228     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870701784497     Document Type: Article

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