Who Moves? Diasporas, Forced & Voluntary Migration, and Electoral Consequences

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel brings together a number of papers that look at migration from a wide angle. One paper examines the question of what explains worldwide, historical patterns of trade diaspora dispersal? Another paper looks at human trafficking. A third paper examines migration decisions from Eastern Europe and the final paper examines migration outcomes and their effects on voting for anti-establishment parties.

Sub Unit

• Division 16: International Political Economy

Individual Presentations

• How Declining Labour Mobility Fosters Anti-Establishment Voting Behaviour - Florent Pepin-Proulx, University of Geneva; Tanja Schweinberger, University of Geneva

• Who Emigrates? Political Consequences of Emigration in Eastern Europe - Junghyun Lim

• Old World Trade Diasporas - Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University; Christopher Paik, New York University Abu Dhabi

Chair

• Steven Liao University of California, Riverside

Discussant

• Steven Liao University of California, Riverside