04053nam 2200649 a 450 991095614000332120251117090636.01-299-19129-00-8165-0108-4(CKB)2550000000041642(SSID)ssj0000537829(PQKBManifestationID)11364941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537829(PQKBWorkID)10567422(PQKB)11499808(MiAaPQ)EBC3411719(OCoLC)747413913(MdBmJHUP)muse13463(Au-PeEL)EBL3411719(CaPaEBR)ebr10485530(CaONFJC)MIL450379(OCoLC)923437961(BIP)46465654(BIP)30276977(EXLCZ)99255000000004164220100430d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAn impossible living in a transborder world culture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations /Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez1st ed.Tucson University of Arizona Pressc2010x, 241 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8165-2635-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.The transborder and transnational dimensions of culture and political economy -- Confianza: building block of social exchange and the operational cycles of ROSCAs -- Social and cultural dimensions and dynamics of their class contexts -- Living at a slant in the midst of megascripts in the transborder Southwest North American region: dos mujeres sin fin -- Crossing divisions and social borders: ROSCAs as transborder practices and their functions -- Conclusions.They are known as cundinas or tandas in Mexico, and for many people these local savings-and-loan operations play an indispensable role in the struggle to succeed in today's transborder economy. With this extensively researched book, Carlos Velez-Ibanez updates and expands upon his major 1983 study of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), incorporating new data that reflect the explosion of Mexican-origin populations in the United States. Much more than a study of one economic phenomenon though, the book examines the way in which these practices are part of greater transnational economies and how these populations engage in--and suffer through--the twenty-first century global economy. Central to the ROSCA is the cultural concept of mutual trust, or confianza. This is the cultural glue that holds the reciprocal relationship together. As Velez-Ibanez explains, confianza "shapes the expectations for relationships within broad networks of interpersonal links, in which intimacies, favors, goods, services, emotion, power, or information are exchanged." In a border region where migration, class movement, economic changes, and institutional inaccessibility produce a great deal of uncertainty, Mexican-origin populations rely on confianza and ROSCAs to maintain a sense of security in daily life. How do transborder people adapt these common practices to meet the demands of a global economy? That is precisely what Velez-Ibanez investigates.Rotating credit associationsMexicoRotating credit associationsSouthwest, NewMexican AmericansSouthwest, NewEconomic conditionsMexican-American Border RegionEconomic conditionsMexican-American Border RegionSocial conditionsRotating credit associationsRotating credit associationsMexican AmericansEconomic conditions.306.30972/1Vélez-Ibañez Carlos G.1936-1645330MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956140003321An impossible living in a transborder world4481292UNINA