LEADER 04053nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910956140003321 005 20251117090636.0 010 $a1-299-19129-0 010 $a0-8165-0108-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041642 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537829 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364941 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537829 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10567422 035 $a(PQKB)11499808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411719 035 $a(OCoLC)747413913 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411719 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10485530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL450379 035 $a(OCoLC)923437961 035 $a(BIP)46465654 035 $a(BIP)30276977 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041642 100 $a20100430d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn impossible living in a transborder world $eculture, confianza, and economy of Mexican-origin populations /$fCarlos G. Ve?lez-Iba?n?ez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aTucson $cUniversity of Arizona Press$dc2010 215 $ax, 241 p. $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8165-2635-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThey 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. 606 $aRotating credit associations$zMexico 606 $aRotating credit associations$zSouthwest, New 606 $aMexican Americans$zSouthwest, New$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xSocial conditions 615 0$aRotating credit associations 615 0$aRotating credit associations 615 0$aMexican Americans$xEconomic conditions. 676 $a306.30972/1 700 $aVe?lez-Iban?ez$b Carlos G.$f1936-$01645330 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956140003321 996 $aAn impossible living in a transborder world$94481292 997 $aUNINA