Family remittances and vigilantism in Mexico
| Autor: | Covadonga Meseguer, J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo, Sandra Ley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Resource (biology) 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography HC Economic History and Conditions Political action Collective action JA Political science (General) Municipal level 0506 political science Politics Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Action (philosophy) 050602 political science & public administration Demographic economics Remittance Business 050703 geography Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 47:1375-1394 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9451 1369-183X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/1369183x.2019.1623309 |
| Popis: | We explore the role of workers’ remittances in supporting vigilante organisations in Mexico. Research on remittances posits both a positive and a negative effect on collective action from the reception of remittances. On one hand, remittances sent by relatives abroad provide extra resources for political action at home. On the other hand, the reception of remittances makes recipients less prone to protesting, through a reduction in grievances. As a result, remittances can be associated with both an increase and a decrease of collective political activity. In this paper, we claim that both effects can co-exist and that the predominance of one mechanism or the other depends on the degree of penetration of remittances at the municipal level. Using data on the existence of vigilante organisations, we find that in most remittance-receiving municipalities, through a resource effect, remittance inflows increase the probability of observing self-defense organisations, but this probability declines at high rates of remittance penetration at the local level. Nonetheless, we observe an activation effect in a majority of remittance receiving municipalities. The paper contributes both to our understanding of international social networks as determinants of civilian action and to the research agenda on how workers’ remittances shape political behaviour in home countries. |
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