Johanna Peltoniemi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1254273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johanna Peltoniemi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Peltoniemi |
| SIGNATURE | PELTONIEMI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8299-8139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Welfare accounts
Globalisation, ageing and structural changes challenge social security systems in high-income countries. We explore welfare accounts as a social policy innovation, addressing a gap in the literature by summarising how welfare accounts function across countries. We contribute to the theoretical discussion on social security reforms by asking: could welfare accounts help address the growing fiscal strain and the carrying-capacity challenges posed b…
In the Shadow of Global Polycrisis
The beginning of the 2020s has been marked by a near global polycrisis (Lawrence et al., 2024). In addition to the global climate crisis brewing in the background, in 2020, the first global pandemic erupted, which pressured governments to take unprecedented measures and divided societies over social distancing measures and vaccination and disrupted global production and logistics chains and caused turbulence in demand and supply. In 2022, Russia …
The de-ideologization of welfare politics
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have expanded the level and coverage of current social insurance and social assistance programs as well as implemented new programs. Based on three separate datasets, V-Dem V-Party dataset; fourteen structured expert interviews; and a dataset of 114 social security measures, we study the link between the welfare regime, pandemic-related social policy measures, and incumbents’ ideological stand. …
How framing impacts attitudes about electoral rights for non‐resident citizens
Widespread adoption of policies granting electoral rights to citizens living abroad has spurred vivid scholarly debates regarding the drivers and consequences of extra‐territorial enfranchisement. But, little is known about the views of resident citizens in origin countries on the matter. We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected by different arguments usually salient in h…
Does sending ballots via post reduce costs? Negligible effect of postal voting on turnout among Finnish electorate living abroad
Postal voting is often considered a means to enhance electoral participation by minimising the costs associated with voting. This study leverages individual-level register data for the entire electorate of Finns residing abroad who were provided the option of voting by mail in the 2019 parliamentary elections in addition to traditional in-person voting. Analysis of their voting trajectories across three parliamentary elections (2011, 2015, 2019) …
Introduction
Ever-increasing international migration has challenged the democratic dimension of political inclusion, especially with incorporating non-resident populations into national electoral practices. This has stimulated scholars to examine more closely the processes of emigrant enfranchisement, transnational voting behaviour and non-electoral participation by non-residents. Yet, a lack of comprehensive dialogue exists between migration studies and the …
With pulling ties, electoral participation flies
Increasingly many citizens residing abroad maintain connections to their country of origin and follow its national elections. Considering that this group constitutes a growing share of the national electorate, it is essential to better understand factors that motivate electoral participation. In this study, we explore the role of economic, social and cultural ties in a unified analysis of turnout among Finnish citizens residing abroad. We rely on…
Distance and Trust
Postal voting intends to provide citizens residing abroad with a convenient voting technique to influence political representation in their country of origin. However, its adoption among individuals is dependent on two opposing factors. On the one hand, voting via post helps to overcome the increasingdistancebetween a voter’s residency abroad and the nearest polling station organized by a diplomatic mission (mostly at an embassy or a consulate). …
Missing links in migrant enfranchisement studies
Published online: 30 March 2023
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
External Voting Rights from a Citizen Perspective – Comparing Resident and Non‐resident Citizens' Attitudes towards External Voting
The number of countries that have adopted policies allowing emigrants to participate in home country elections from abroad has increased greatly in the last few decades. The enfranchisement of non‐resident citizens in home country elections is, nevertheless, somewhat controversial because it gives political influence to individuals who are unlikely to be affected by the outcome of an election. Despite an active debate on external voting rights am…
Transnational political engagement and emigrant voting
Globalisation, European integration and increased migration have made life more mobile. Consequently, electorates have become increasingly dispersed geographically. Utilising survey data compiled from Finnish citizens residing` abroad (n = 1,067), we study transnational political participation of emigrant voters. First, we examine how national identification relates with turnout in parliamentary elections and which factors influence emigrants’ vo…
Overseas Voters and Representational Deficit
Emigrant representation has become increasingly important and visible, albeit difficult topic, and re-evaluation of the means of emigrant political representation is necessary. This article aims to find out how the representation of emigrants could be organised in homeland politics by developing a new framework to analyse migrants' political representation and by testing it with a case study. The findings suggest that quotas, surrogate representa…
Missing links in migrant enfranchisement studies
Published online: 30 March 2023
Transnational political engagement and emigrant voting
Globalisation, European integration and increased migration have made life more mobile. Consequently, electorates have become increasingly dispersed geographically. Utilising survey data compiled from Finnish citizens residing` abroad (n = 1,067), we study transnational political participation of emigrant voters. First, we examine how national identification relates with turnout in parliamentary elections and which factors influence emigrants’ vo…
Distance and Trust
Postal voting intends to provide citizens residing abroad with a convenient voting technique to influence political representation in their country of origin. However, its adoption among individuals is dependent on two opposing factors. On the one hand, voting via post helps to overcome the increasingdistancebetween a voter’s residency abroad and the nearest polling station organized by a diplomatic mission (mostly at an embassy or a consulate). …
External Voting Rights from a Citizen Perspective – Comparing Resident and Non‐resident Citizens' Attitudes towards External Voting
The number of countries that have adopted policies allowing emigrants to participate in home country elections from abroad has increased greatly in the last few decades. The enfranchisement of non‐resident citizens in home country elections is, nevertheless, somewhat controversial because it gives political influence to individuals who are unlikely to be affected by the outcome of an election. Despite an active debate on external voting rights am…
Overseas Voters and Representational Deficit
Emigrant representation has become increasingly important and visible, albeit difficult topic, and re-evaluation of the means of emigrant political representation is necessary. This article aims to find out how the representation of emigrants could be organised in homeland politics by developing a new framework to analyse migrants' political representation and by testing it with a case study. The findings suggest that quotas, surrogate representa…
With pulling ties, electoral participation flies
Increasingly many citizens residing abroad maintain connections to their country of origin and follow its national elections. Considering that this group constitutes a growing share of the national electorate, it is essential to better understand factors that motivate electoral participation. In this study, we explore the role of economic, social and cultural ties in a unified analysis of turnout among Finnish citizens residing abroad. We rely on…
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
How framing impacts attitudes about electoral rights for non‐resident citizens
Widespread adoption of policies granting electoral rights to citizens living abroad has spurred vivid scholarly debates regarding the drivers and consequences of extra‐territorial enfranchisement. But, little is known about the views of resident citizens in origin countries on the matter. We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected by different arguments usually salient in h…
Does sending ballots via post reduce costs? Negligible effect of postal voting on turnout among Finnish electorate living abroad
Postal voting is often considered a means to enhance electoral participation by minimising the costs associated with voting. This study leverages individual-level register data for the entire electorate of Finns residing abroad who were provided the option of voting by mail in the 2019 parliamentary elections in addition to traditional in-person voting. Analysis of their voting trajectories across three parliamentary elections (2011, 2015, 2019) …
Introduction
Ever-increasing international migration has challenged the democratic dimension of political inclusion, especially with incorporating non-resident populations into national electoral practices. This has stimulated scholars to examine more closely the processes of emigrant enfranchisement, transnational voting behaviour and non-electoral participation by non-residents. Yet, a lack of comprehensive dialogue exists between migration studies and the …
Overseas Voters and Representational Deficit
Emigrant representation has become increasingly important and visible, albeit difficult topic, and re-evaluation of the means of emigrant political representation is necessary. This article aims to find out how the representation of emigrants could be organised in homeland politics by developing a new framework to analyse migrants' political representation and by testing it with a case study. The findings suggest that quotas, surrogate representa…
Transnational political engagement and emigrant voting
Globalisation, European integration and increased migration have made life more mobile. Consequently, electorates have become increasingly dispersed geographically. Utilising survey data compiled from Finnish citizens residing` abroad (n = 1,067), we study transnational political participation of emigrant voters. First, we examine how national identification relates with turnout in parliamentary elections and which factors influence emigrants’ vo…
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
External Voting Rights from a Citizen Perspective – Comparing Resident and Non‐resident Citizens' Attitudes towards External Voting
The number of countries that have adopted policies allowing emigrants to participate in home country elections from abroad has increased greatly in the last few decades. The enfranchisement of non‐resident citizens in home country elections is, nevertheless, somewhat controversial because it gives political influence to individuals who are unlikely to be affected by the outcome of an election. Despite an active debate on external voting rights am…
Introduction
Ever-increasing international migration has challenged the democratic dimension of political inclusion, especially with incorporating non-resident populations into national electoral practices. This has stimulated scholars to examine more closely the processes of emigrant enfranchisement, transnational voting behaviour and non-electoral participation by non-residents. Yet, a lack of comprehensive dialogue exists between migration studies and the …
With pulling ties, electoral participation flies
Increasingly many citizens residing abroad maintain connections to their country of origin and follow its national elections. Considering that this group constitutes a growing share of the national electorate, it is essential to better understand factors that motivate electoral participation. In this study, we explore the role of economic, social and cultural ties in a unified analysis of turnout among Finnish citizens residing abroad. We rely on…
Distance and Trust
Postal voting intends to provide citizens residing abroad with a convenient voting technique to influence political representation in their country of origin. However, its adoption among individuals is dependent on two opposing factors. On the one hand, voting via post helps to overcome the increasingdistancebetween a voter’s residency abroad and the nearest polling station organized by a diplomatic mission (mostly at an embassy or a consulate). …
Missing links in migrant enfranchisement studies
Published online: 30 March 2023
In the Shadow of Global Polycrisis
The beginning of the 2020s has been marked by a near global polycrisis (Lawrence et al., 2024). In addition to the global climate crisis brewing in the background, in 2020, the first global pandemic erupted, which pressured governments to take unprecedented measures and divided societies over social distancing measures and vaccination and disrupted global production and logistics chains and caused turbulence in demand and supply. In 2022, Russia …
The de-ideologization of welfare politics
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have expanded the level and coverage of current social insurance and social assistance programs as well as implemented new programs. Based on three separate datasets, V-Dem V-Party dataset; fourteen structured expert interviews; and a dataset of 114 social security measures, we study the link between the welfare regime, pandemic-related social policy measures, and incumbents’ ideological stand. …
How framing impacts attitudes about electoral rights for non‐resident citizens
Widespread adoption of policies granting electoral rights to citizens living abroad has spurred vivid scholarly debates regarding the drivers and consequences of extra‐territorial enfranchisement. But, little is known about the views of resident citizens in origin countries on the matter. We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected by different arguments usually salient in h…
Does sending ballots via post reduce costs? Negligible effect of postal voting on turnout among Finnish electorate living abroad
Postal voting is often considered a means to enhance electoral participation by minimising the costs associated with voting. This study leverages individual-level register data for the entire electorate of Finns residing abroad who were provided the option of voting by mail in the 2019 parliamentary elections in addition to traditional in-person voting. Analysis of their voting trajectories across three parliamentary elections (2011, 2015, 2019) …
Welfare accounts
Globalisation, ageing and structural changes challenge social security systems in high-income countries. We explore welfare accounts as a social policy innovation, addressing a gap in the literature by summarising how welfare accounts function across countries. We contribute to the theoretical discussion on social security reforms by asking: could welfare accounts help address the growing fiscal strain and the carrying-capacity challenges posed b…
Political science (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Voting (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (5 works)