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

• Autore: Kunz Rahel
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 332/.04246
• Soggetto topico: Emigrant remittances - Mexico; Women in development - Mexico; Economic assistance - Mexico
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of global remittances
• ISBN: 1-136-72408-7; 1-283-15102-2; 1-136-72409-5; 9786613151025; 0-203-81671-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789541503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy.