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Author Frizzo, Denise, author

Title Brazilians abroad : emigrant voting and political engagement / by Denise Frizzo and Bruno Mascitelli
Published Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 160 pages)
Summary Emigrant voting has been implemented in more than 150 countries in the world, allowing emigrants to take part in the elections of their home country. This phenomenon is a consequence of global migration and political transnationalism. Looking at the experience of Brazil, this book explores the changed nature of Brazilian emigration and analyses how emigrant voting was initially introduced and subsequently permitted in all presidential elections. The book also investigates what external voting rights represent to the Brazilian emigrant community and if and how Brazilian emigrants engage politic
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-157) and index
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Subject Transnational voting -- Brazil
Brazilians -- Political activity -- Foreign countries
Brazilians -- Foreign countries
Elections -- Brazil
Migration, immigration & emigration.
Political science & theory.
Society & social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Elections
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Transnational voting
SUBJECT Brazil -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Subject Brazil
Form Electronic book
Author Mascitelli, Bruno, author
ISBN 9781527511989
1527511987
Other Titles Emigrant voting and political engagement