A Nation of Emigrants - How Mexico Manages its Migration

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-520-25705-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed efforts to control outflow, the Mexican state now emphasizes voluntary ties, dual nationality, and rights over obligations. In this groundbreaking book, David Fitzgerald examines a region of Mexico whose citizens have been migrating to the United States for more than a century. He finds that emigrant citizenship does not signal the decline of the nation-state but does lead to a new form of citizenship, and that bureaucratic efforts to manage emigration and its effects are based on the membership model of the Catholic Church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitzgerald, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Über Autor(innen)

David Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.