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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461657603321

Autore

Kunz Rahel

Titolo

The political economy of global remittances : gender, governmentality and neoliberalism / / Rahel Kunz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-15102-2

1-136-72409-5

9786613151025

0-203-81671-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy

Disciplina

332/.04246

Soggetti

Emigrant remittances - Mexico

Women in development - Mexico

Economic assistance - Mexico

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Political Economy of Global Remittances; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. A gender-sensitive governmentality approach; 3. The GRT in the international realm; 4. The GRT in Mexico; 5. The power technologies and subjectivities of the GRT in Mexico; 6. Resistance and empowerment within the GRT in Mexico; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last decade, a new phenomenon has emerged within the international community: the Global Remittances Trend (GRT). Thereby, government institutions, international (financial) organisations, NGOs and private sector actors have become interested in migration and remittances and their potential for poverty reduction and development, and have started to devise institutions and policies to harness this potential.This book employs a gender-sensitive governmentality analysis to trace the emergence of the GRT, to map its conceptual and institutional elements, and to examine it