Exit and Voice : the paradox of cross-border politics in Mexico / Lauren Duquette-Rury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duquette-Rury, Lauren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2019.

Summary:

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn moreat www.luminosoa.org. Sometimes leaving home allows you to make animpact on it-but at what cost? <em>Exit and Voice</em> is acompelling account of how Mexican migrants with strong ties totheir home communities impact the economic and political welfare ofthe communities they have left behind. In many decentralizeddemocracies like Mexico, migrants have willingly stepped in tosupply public goods when local or state government lack theresources or political will to improve the town. Though migrants'cross-border investments often improve citizens' access toessential public goods and create a more responsive localgovernment, their work allows them to unintentionally exertpolitical engagement and power, undermining the influence of thosestill living in their hometowns. In looking at the paradox ofmigrants who have left their home to make an impact on it, <em>Exitand Voice</em> sheds light on how migrant transnational engagementrefashions the meaning of community, democratic governance, andpractices of citizenship in the era of globalization.

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