La participation politique transnationale des Belges expatriés: Un cas d’exportation des divisions ethniques?
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Lafleur, Jean-MichelKeywords
belgiqueémigré
expatrié
droit de vote
politique
transnational
diaspora
transnational politics
external voting
belges à l'étranger
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology :: Sociology & social sciences [H10]
Sciences sociales & comportementales, psychologie :: Sociologie & sciences sociales [H10]
Law, criminology & political science :: Political science, public administration & international relations [E08]
Droit, criminologie & sciences politiques :: Sciences politiques, administration publique & relations internationales [E08]
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Comment le conflit ethno-linguistique opposant Flamands et Francophones en Belgique se répercute-t-il parmi les populations belges expatriées ? En s’appuyant sur les concepts de nationalisme de longue-distance et de transnationalisme, l’auteur étudie le transfert de clivages politiques du pays d’origine vers les communautés émigrées. Il examine les conditions dans lesquelles les associations d’expatriés belges ont été créées, rend compte du débat parlementaire sur le droit de vote à distance et compare les résultats électoraux entre électeurs résidents et expatriés. Ces analyses donnent lieu à deux conclusions majeures. D’une part, les émigrés sont une ressource utilisée par les partis politiques pour asseoir leur pouvoir sur la scène politique interne et d’autre part, l’opinion politique des expatriés évolue de façon similaire à celle des électeurs résidents.How does the ethno-linguistic conflict between Flemish and Walloons materialize itself among Belgian expatriate communities? Using the concepts of transnationalism and long-distance nationalism, this article studies the transfer of political cleavages among emigrant communities. To do so, I examine the conditions that led to the creation of Belgian emigrant associations abroad, I analyse parliamentary debates on the right to vote of expatriates in home country elections and I compare the electoral behaviour of expatriate and resident voters. This analysis leads me to two major conclusions. First, emigrants are resources that serve home country political parties to strengthen their position at home. Second, the political behaviour of Belgian emigrants evolves similarly to that of resident voters.
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2013Type
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