▪ Abstract This review addresses key issues in the study of Latino politics. Foremost among
these is the question of low voter turnout. Such factors as income, education, nativity …

Little is known about how immigrants participate in politics and whether they transform
political engagement in contemporary democracies. This study investigates whether …

Our empirical research in India shows the poor and the non-poor report different motivations
for voting. The poor say they turn out to vote because it is their right while the non-poor …

Every two years, people of Japanese ancestry from the Americas gather at the Pan-
American Nikkei Association [PANA] convention. Though Japanese government officials are …

Comparative studies have shown that, along with individual and group characteristics, the
context of settlement and the context of exit influence the political incorporation of migrants …

This article critically assesses how North American and European sociological literature
explains migrant, ethnic and racial (MER) minorities' electoral participation (registration on …

An increasing number of eligible citizens in North America and Europe were born outside of
these countries. As remarked by Heath et al.[2011.“Ethnic Heterogeneity in the Social Bases …

Three decades ago, Sweden extended municipal and provincial voting privileges to non‐
citizen residents arguing that it would increase political influence, interest and self‐esteem …

The issues of migration and immigrant political integration in western democracies have
become increasingly intertwined with debates on religion, particularly Islam. To date …

This chapter will first focus on immigrant youth's rates of civic and political participation. This
will be followed by a description of their motives for participating, with special attention to the …