Abstract
This article addresses the issue of resistance of European nations to granting unnaturalized citizens the right to vote in local, regional, and national elections. It argues that this political inflexibility contrasts with the economic flexibility these nations demonstrated when they made a call for labor to overseas populations, former colonies, and other countries and which they exhibit now as they work to modernize production systems in their industries. Because of this lack of political representation, local authorities have proven disinterested in migrants’ concerns and migrants have become subjects of the labor market, rather than of the law. The author concludes that “political underdevelopment” will only intensify the turbulence projected for Europe's economy.
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