Remittances and International Development

The Invisible Forces Shaping Community
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-34441-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

This is a first of its kind book which examines the remittances in the two largest corridors in the World: India-Saudi Arabia and Mexico-U.S.A.

This book aims to treat remittances as an act of social norm involving individuals, nation-states, and diaspora communities. It treats remittances both as an act of individual obligation as well as a social fact that needs to be understood from the perspective of the actors, i.e., the givers and recipients. Using theories of motives of giving, policy analysis, international development, and international relations, the authors offer a compelling narrative of how and why remittances occur and the impacts on both the giver and recipient. The authors - both scholars of philanthropy and remittances - bring their shared perspective and understanding of this crucial phenomenon and delve deep into examining its impacts on community development and the relations between the nation-states. This book offers a sophisticated understanding of how vital remittances are to the world we live in.

The book sheds light on this important social reality and will be of value to researchers, academics, and students interested in remittances, as well as to practitioners working in the international development sector, NGO actors, and policy makers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khan, Sabith

Merritt, Daisha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Purpose of the book. 2. Motivations to send and receive: Background. 3. Growth of Money Transfers: Theorizing technology, distance and money. 4. Remittances by the numbers: How much is sent and where. 5. Policy and remittances: Human needs and the shaping of practice with policy. 6. Discourse of remittances: How it shapes praxis in India, USA and Mexico. 7. Case study: India as a receiver. 8. Remittances and the Persian Gulf nations. 9. Remittances as subaltern giving: The case of Mexico. 10. Remittances as ‘soft power’?: Examining the power of money-flows between communities and nation-states. 11. Conclusion: Forces shaping the future

Über Autor(innen)

Sabith Khan is the Program Director (Master of Public Policy and Administration) and Assistant Professor in the School of Management, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Daisha M. Merritt is the Associate Department Chair of the Department of Management and Technology in the College of Business at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide, U.S.A.