03223nam 2200685Ia 450 991045683390332120200520144314.01-282-36074-497866123607490-520-94247-710.1525/9780520942479(CKB)2430000000010975(EBL)837327(OCoLC)773565098(SSID)ssj0000303980(PQKBManifestationID)11227133(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303980(PQKBWorkID)10277078(PQKB)10613481(MiAaPQ)EBC837327(OCoLC)667014072(MdBmJHUP)muse30463(DE-B1597)520680(OCoLC)1110718068(DE-B1597)9780520942479(Au-PeEL)EBL837327(CaPaEBR)ebr10675803(CaONFJC)MIL236074(EXLCZ)99243000000001097520080327d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA nation of emigrants[electronic resource] how Mexico manages its migration /David FitzgeraldBerkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25705-7 0-520-25704-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-234) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Politics of Absence -- 2. Inside the Sending State -- 3. The Church's Eye on Its Flock -- 4. Colonies of the Little Motherland -- 5. The Stranger or the Prodigal Son? -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Survey Methodology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexWhat do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed efforts to control outflow, the Mexican state now emphasizes voluntary ties, dual nationality, and rights over obligations. In this groundbreaking book, David Fitzgerald examines a region of Mexico whose citizens have been migrating to the United States for more than a century. He finds that emigrant citizenship does not signal the decline of the nation-state but does lead to a new form of citizenship, and that bureaucratic efforts to manage emigration and its effects are based on the membership model of the Catholic Church.Return migrationMexicoMexicansUnited StatesMexicoEmigration and immigrationGovernment policyMexicoEmigration and immigrationReligious aspectsCatholic ChurchElectronic books.Return migrationMexicans325.72FitzGerald David1972-1043569MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456833903321A nation of emigrants2468626UNINA