Go Means Green: Diasporas’ Affinity for EcologicalGroups

Anca Turcu and R. Urbatsch

Global Environmental Politics, 2020, vol. 20, issue 1, 82-102

Abstract: Recent expansions of diaspora rights have given overseas residents increasingpolitical voice. This is particularly significant for environmental politics,because expatriates’ distinctive values, which are typically morecosmopolitan and multicultural than those of domestic voters, are likely toalign with values of green organizations. Large-N analyses ofan original, cross-national data set of election returns confirm thishypothesis: political parties from the ecological family receive larger sharesof the emigrant vote than of the domestic vote, even when controlling for otherfactors that may win diaspora votes. Enhancing expatriates’ politicalpower may accordingly increase the influence of a country’senvironmentalist groups and parties.

Date: 2020
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