ABSTRACT
This book aims to provide a new perspective of transnational political practices and the enfranchisement of non-resident citizens from abroad. The political enfranchisement of non-resident citizens has represented a successful practice amongst democratic countries with the scope to export national democratic processes outside countries’ borders and to include all citizens in the electoral processes of home countries. The beginning of the twentieth century represented the turning point for the implementation of transnational policies and practices, including the implementation of dual citizenship rights. The book explores the political debate in sending countries prior to the implementation of the policy to understand when the external voting policy became part of the political agenda of political parties in Italy, Romania, and Turkey. It demonstrates that the general identification of citizens living abroad as ‘transnational community’ does not sufficiently describe the characteristics of these communities, especially for countries with a long history of emigration.
