1st Edition
The Political Economy of Global Remittances Gender, Governmentality and Neoliberalism
By Rahel Kunz
Copyright 2011
236 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
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Over the last decade, a new phenomenon has emerged within the international community: the Global Remittances Trend (GRT). Thereby, government institutions, international (financial) organisations, NGOs and private sector actors have become interested in migration and remittances and their potential for poverty reduction and development, and have started to devise institutions and policies to... Read more
1. Introduction 2. A Gender-Sensitive Governmentality Approach 3. The GRT in the International Realm 4. The GRT in Mexico 5. The Power Technologies and Subjectivities of the GRT in Mexico 6. Resistance and Empowerment within the GRT in Mexico 7. Conclusion
Biography
Rahel Kunz is a Researcher and Lecturer at the Political Science Department, University of Lucerne, Switzerland.
"A timely analysis of the institutional and conceptual discourses about remittances. The Political Economy of Global Remittances clearly shows how the growth and persistence of the GRT has come about and reveals some of the problematic implications of its narrow macroeconomic understanding of remittances. Kunz provides interesting reflections for researchers working on remittances." - Marta Bivand Erdal, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2012, Vol. 30
