David C. Earnest is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Old Dominion University and coauthor of On the Cutting Edge of Globalization: An Inquiry into American Elites.

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Acknowledgments

1. The Democratic Dilemma of Migration

2. The Voting Rights of Resident Aliens: An Empirical Overview
A Typology of Resident Alien Suffrage
Voting Rights Granted by Localities
Discriminatory Regimes 
Nondiscriminatory Regimes 
Discrimination through Residency Qualifications
Alien Suffrage in National Constitutions
Resident Alien Voting Rights in International Law
Negative Cases: States That Have Rejected Alien Suffrage
Why Enfranchise? A Preview
Implications for the Research Design

3. Nationalism and Transnationalism: Hypotheses on the Political Incorporation of Resident Aliens
Nationalism and Transnationalism: An Overview
Hypothesized Causes of Political Incorporation
Conclusion: Convergence or Heterogeneity?

4. Study Population, Measures, and Estimation Strategy
Population of the Study
Dependent Variables: Voting Rights for Resident Aliens
Measures for the Independent Variables
Control Variables
Longitudinal Coverage
Model Specification and Methods of Estimation
Conclusion

5. Statistical Findings
The Ordered Probit Model
The Probit Model
Conclusion

6. Case Studies: Political Incorporation and Historical Institutionalism
The Netherlands
The Federal Republic of Germany
Belgium
Conclusion

7. Theoretical Implications
The Influence of History: Citizenship, Nationhood, and Rights
State Institutions and Voting Rights for Aliens
Systemic Factors: Traces of Transnationalism
Next Steps

8. Sovereignty and the Nation

Appendix A: Problems with Demographic Data on Resident Aliens
A Note about Sources for Demographic Data

Appendix B: Codebook
Dependent Variables: Measures and Sources
Identifiers, Independent and Control Variables

Appendix C: Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Matrix

Notes
Reference List
Index