The cross-border connection immigrants, emigrants, and their homelands

"Newcomers moving away from the developing world find that migration is a good thing, letting them enjoy the benefits of residence in the developed world, some of which they send on to their relatives at home in the form of remittances. Residing in a democratic state, free from the long arm of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Waldinger, Roger David (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press 2015.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34713335*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Immigrants, emigrants, and their homelands
  • Beyond transnationalism
  • The dialectic of emigration and immigration
  • Cross-border ties : keeping and losing the connection
  • Engaging at home from abroad : the paradox of homeland politics
  • Emigrants and emigration states
  • Politics across borders : Mexico and its emigrants
  • Hometown blues: migrants' long-distance pursuit of development
  • Conclusion : foreign detachment.