Full political rights gave expellee migrants immediate electoral and party influence

Evidence

Expellees and repatriates were peculiar migrants not least because they were equipped with full political rights. They constituted a not negligible portion of the national electorate and could access political parties and public posts. In contrast to groups of ‘normal’ migrants, they could thus not be ignored in the political process or by political parties and had an immediate impact on the political landscape. — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 84

Categorization

• QUESTION: This contrast with ‘normal’ migrants suggests a testable hypothesis — political incorporation of migrant groups depends on citizenship rights, worth comparing with other refugee populations.
• XREF: connects to: Main parties competed for leadership over the expellee constituency for instrumental reasons. — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 163; Expellee political power eroded once generational change and border settlement removed grievances — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 403; Electoral competition for expellee votes fossilized symbolic irredentism that no longer meant return — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 741 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Main parties competed for leadership over the expellee constituency for instrumental reasons. #expands (0.85) — Pertti Ahonen, Domestic Constraints on West German…, 163
• Expellee political power eroded once generational change and border settlement removed grievances #complicates (0.80) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 403
• Electoral competition for expellee votes fossilized symbolic irredentism that no longer meant return #qualifies (0.80) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 741
• Expellee political power rested on refusing to commit to a major party #complicates (0.80) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 761