Political parties and participation: migrants’ subjective knowledge about their representatives

• Sergiu Gherghina ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Glasgow

     University of Glasgow

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: The Journal of legislative studies, ISSN 1357-2334, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2026, págs. 92-115
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • People's knowledge about their representatives is important because it informs about the quality of democracy and can predict future political behaviours. In spite of this, we know little about why migrants (do not) know who their representatives are. This article seeks to address this gap in the literature and explains the migrants’ subjective knowledge about parliamentarians. The study uses individual data from an original survey conducted in June-July 2022 among 1,058 Romanian migrants. The strongest predictors for knowledge are linked to political parties and participation, while the transnational ties and the intention to return have no effects.

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