Exit and Voice: The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics in Mexico

Lauren Duquette-Rury

Open Access Published by University of California Press 2019

Exit and Voice

The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics in Mexico

Lauren Duquette-Rury

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520974203

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Sometimes leaving home allows you to make an impact on it—but at what cost? Exit and Voice is a compelling account of how Mexican migrants with strong ties to their home communities impact the economic and political welfare of the communities they have left behind. In many decentralized democracies like Mexico, migrants have willingly stepped in to supply public goods when local or state government lack the resources or political will to improve the town. Though migrants’ cross-border investments often improve citizens’ access to essential public goods and create a more responsive local government, their work allows them to unintentionally exert political engagement and power, undermining the influence of those still living in their hometowns. In looking at the paradox of migrants who have left their home to make an impact on it, Exit and Voice sheds light on how migrant transnational engagement refashions the meaning of community, democratic governance, and practices of citizenship in the era of globalization.

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Duquette-Rury Lauren :

Lauren Duquette-Rury is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1. Local Democratic Governance and Transnational Migrant Participation Open Access Download PDF	29
2. Decentralization, Democratization, and the Feedback Effects of Sending State Outreach Open Access Download PDF	47
3. Micro-Politics of Substitutive and Synergetic Partnerships Open Access Download PDF	70
4. Effects of Violence and Economic Crisis on Hybrid Transnational Partnerships Open Access Download PDF	101
5. Synergy and Corporatism in El Mirador and Atitlan, Comarga Open Access Download PDF	130
6. Systematic Effects of Transnational Partnerships on Local Governance Open Access Download PDF	160
Conclusion: The Paradox of Cross-Border Politics Open Access Download PDF	191
Data Appendix A: Comparative Fieldwork in Mexico Open Access Download PDF	209
Data Appendix B: Transnational Matched Survey Data Instrument Open Access Download PDF	215
Data Appendix C: Principal Component and Cluster Analysis Using Survey Data Open Access Download PDF	218
Data Appendix D: Mexican Panel Data, Mexican Family Life Survey, and Statistical Analyses Open Access Download PDF	224
Notes Open Access Download PDF	241
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	257
Index Open Access Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 312

eBook

Published: November 26, 2019
ISBN: 9780520974203