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Record Nr.

UNINA9910365047803321

Autore

Duquette-Rury Lauren

Titolo

Exit and voice : the paradox of cross-border politics in Mexico / / Lauren Duquette-Rury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, : University of California Press, 2020

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

0-520-32196-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 286 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)

Disciplina

304.80972

Soggetti

Transnationalism - Political aspects - Mexico

Mexican Americans - Political activity

Emigration and immigration - Political aspects

Migration, immigration & emigration

Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Local Democratic Governance and Transnational Migrant Participation -- 2. Decentralization, Democratization, and the Feedback Effects of Sending State Outreach -- 3. Micro-Politics of Substitutive and Synergetic Partnerships -- 4. Effects of Violence and Economic Crisis on Hybrid Transnational Partnerships -- 5. Synergy and Corporatism in El Mirador and Atitlan, Comarga -- 6. Systematic Effects of Transnational Partnerships on Local Governance -- Conclusion: The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics -- Data Appendix A: Comparative Fieldwork in Mexico -- Data Appendix B: Transnational Matched Survey Data Instrument -- Data Appendix C: Principal Component and Cluster Analysis Using Survey Data -- Data Appendix D: Mexican Panel Data, Mexican Family Life Survey, and Statistical Analyses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Exit and Voice is a compelling account of how Mexican migrants with strong ties to their home communities impact the economic and political welfare of those they leave behind. In many decentralized



democracies like Mexico, migrants step in to supply public goods when local or state government cannot. Though migrants’ cross-border investments often improve citizens’ access to these goods and create a more responsive local government, their work allows them to unintentionally exert political engagement and power, undermining the influence of those still living in their hometowns. Exit and Voice sheds light on how migrant transnational engagement refashions the meaning of community, democratic governance, and practices of citizenship in the era of globalization.
“An extraordinary analysis of what it means to be a migrant. Duquette-Rury gives us a text that goes well beyond the familiar, and situates the migrant in a complex set of vectors, both local and transnational, opening up the meaning of migration itself.” SASKIA SASSEN, author of Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy
“How do people who move to another country sometimes become more influential in the place they left? Exit and Voice combines surveys and lively details from original fieldwork to explore this paradox and identify the fragile pillars sustaining efforts to live in two worlds.” DAVID FITZGERALD, author of Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers
“Despite distance and difficulties, migrants around the world reach down into their pockets to help out the communities they left behind. Hoping that migration can spur development and possibly even democracy, scholars and policy makers find the effort laudable. But as Duquette-Rury demonstrates in this brilliant, beautifully written book, engaging from abroad is a challenging enterprise. A book to be savored by scholars and students alike.” ROGER WALDINGER, Distinguished Professor and Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration"