Samuel A. T. Johnston

Overall, I find that progress towards EU membership reduces the saliency and intensity of these appeals, although this effect is contingent on those neighbouring countries that contain ethnic kin (e.g., the UK for Ireland; Romania, Slovakia, etc. for Hungary) also being members of the EU.

Reduced urgency, fewer options? How the EU influences kin-state politics in contemporary Europe Despite centuries of shifting borders, European nations and states still do not perfectly align. Where they do not align, how the kin-state can aid ethnic kin in neighbouring countries may become a...

My final PhD thesis chapter has now been published in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies! The article examines the EU's effect on how parties use kin-state appeals (focused on ethnic kin in neighbouring countries) in Ireland and Hungary.

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