Abstract: Is voting behaviour in referendums impacted by having similar proposals on the same topic? Drawing on the literature on the compromise effect, I argue that support for a proposal is higher if it is presented alongside a more extreme version. Empirically, I apply this argument to the substantive topic of electoral rights for immigrants—a contemporary frontier of democratisation. First, I test the argument with an original survey experiment fielded in the United States. Second, I delve into the practical relevance of the topic by focusing on Swiss immigrant enfranchisement referendums. Two case studies complement a subsequent analysis of voting data. The results of the experiment and the observational analysis both support the idea that the compromise effect shapes voting behaviour in simultaneous referendums. These findings call on scholars to consider the compromise effect in the study of popular votes and political decision-making more generally.

📝🧵 New Publication ✨

My paper on multi-option referendums is now available open access in @cpsjournal.bsky.social

If you are interested in referendum design and/or immigrant enfranchisement and/or multi-method work, read on...

09.07.2025 10:13 — 👍 65    🔁 18    💬 4    📌 4

ECPR 2026 Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Innsbruck European Consortium for Political Research

📣 #ecprjs26 is calling for Workshop proposals
📆 Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026
@polsciuibk.bsky.social
✅ Must be a full #ECPRMember affiliate
👥 #ECPRGroups may endorse a Workshop
👉 Submit by Wed 30 Sep 2025

29.07.2025 15:00 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

📣 CFP: Racialised Space & the Politics of Emotion
📝 Abstracts due: 01/10/2025
📚 Special Issue for Identities
Guest editors: A. Emejulu, L. Bassel, A. Christoffersen & O. Siow

✉️ Submit: a.emejulu@sheffield.ac.uk

#CFP #CriticalRaceStudies #Emotions #RacialisedSpace #IdentitiesJournal

30.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Call for Book Chapter: Handbook of Skilled Migration Eurac Research is a private research center​ based in Bozen-Bolzano. Our researchers come from a wide variety of scientific fields and all parts of the world.

📚 Call for Book Chapters
Handbook of Skilled Migration (Edward Elgar, 2027)
Edited by #VerenaWisthaler & #AbdeslamMarfouk

🔍 Focus: Skilled migration & the Global South 🌍
🗓️ Abstracts due: Sept 30, 2025
🔗 More info: www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

#MigrationStudies #CFP #SkilledMigration

30.07.2025 10:05 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Title Pathways to External Citizenship: The Global Extension of Dual Citizenship and Voting From Abroad Authors Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero and Maarten Vink Description The extension of dual citizenship and external voting rights over the past decades has been widely observed. Both trends contribute to the phenomenon of external citizenship, where citizens residing abroad hold rights to political participation irrespective of other transnational ties. Yet these trends have been studied in a disconnected manner. This is remarkable as the exercise of external voting requires nationals abroad to keep a legal link with the home country, while dual citizenship acceptance is high on the agenda of politically mobilized emigrant communities. In this paper, we make two original contributions. First, applying sequence analysis to a dataset covering 194 countries over 61 years (N=10,310), we identify five dominant pathways in extending rights to dual citizenship and external voting: 1) norm setters, 2) dual citizenship only, 3) external voting only, 4) latecomers, and 5) norm resisters. Second, we analyze the correlates of these pathways with a focus on the predominant political regime type. Democratic regimes are not more prone to be norm setters that adopt both forms of rights extension but are less likely to be norm resisters that do not adopt either. Partial norm extenders and latecomers are not significantly associated with a particular regime experience.

I'm excited to share pre-print of a ✨ new paper with the great @sumpierrez.bsky.social!

We study ’pathways of external citizenship’ across 194 countries 🌎 since 1960. We do so by building a sequence analysis of the timing and extent of dual citizenship acceptance and external voting rights.

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26.07.2025 11:16 — 👍 53    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 3

🚨vacancy alert🚨

28.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The #ecprgc25 is approaching! Have a look at Section S30 '#International #Migration: Policies and Practices', with 15 panels to discuss about the most different dimensions of migration and its governance!
More info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

And do not forget to register! Deadline: June 2!

23.06.2025 07:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It sparked great discussions btw @pau-palop.bsky.social, M. Schiller, M. Bachelet, @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, E. Leon Salvador, V. Finn, F. Pasetti, E. Lebon-McGregor, N. Fernández Rodríguez, G. Solano, T. Huddleston, A. Lukešová, D. Pozzato, @sumpierrez.bsky.social

28.05.2025 09:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Last week at #ECPRJointSessions, we were proud to support the workshop "The role of #complexity in #migration and #diversity #policy-making and #governance", chaired by @pau-palop.bsky.social & Maria Schiller

#Migration #Diversity #Complexity #Governance

28.05.2025 09:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

ECPR Online Seminar Series in Migration and Ethnicity - YouTube The ECPR Standing Group on Migration and Ethnicity is delighted to introduce seminar series comprising online talks showcasing the latest research in the fie...

If you have missed any of our webinars on #migration & #ethnicity, they are all available in our dedicated list at #ECPR youtube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

@ecpr.bsky.social

28.05.2025 08:41 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0