Migrant-Local Government Relationships in Sending Communities The Power of Politics in Postwar El Salvador

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contents Migrant-Local Government Relationships in Sending Communities The Power of Politics in Postwar El Salvador Xiomara Peraza Demografía partisanship postconfl ict sending communities migrant associations political transnationalism This article analyzes refugee political transnationalism in El Salvador. It assesses the domesticor homeland component of migration history in this Central American country by focusingon the role of both local governments and specific communities. Moreover, it considersdifferences between areas that vary in terms of the level and type of political organizationduring and after the civil war, the levels of international migration, population concentrationin settlement areas in the United States, and the types of relationships between localauthorities and both collective and individual migrants. Studying and comparing politicaltransnationalism may help explain why transnational initiatives progress in some settingsbut not others. This study considers some of the factors that should be taken into account inorder to understand transnational activities in sending communities. The finding show thatpartisan politics constitute an element to be studied as part of the conditions that may enhanceor limit relationships between migrants and local governments in postwar El Salvador. 2008 artículo científico 1665-8906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15140306 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=151 Migraciones Internacionales application/pdf El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Migraciones Internacionales (México) Num.3 Vol.4
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spellingShingle Migrant-Local Government Relationships in Sending Communities The Power of Politics in Postwar El Salvador
Xiomara Peraza
Demografía
partisanship
postconfl ict
sending communities
migrant associations
political transnationalism
Migrant-Local Government Relationships in Sending Communities The Power of Politics in Postwar El Salvador Xiomara Peraza Demografía partisanship postconfl ict sending communities migrant associations political transnationalism This article analyzes refugee political transnationalism in El Salvador. It assesses the domesticor homeland component of migration history in this Central American country by focusingon the role of both local governments and specific communities. Moreover, it considersdifferences between areas that vary in terms of the level and type of political organizationduring and after the civil war, the levels of international migration, population concentrationin settlement areas in the United States, and the types of relationships between localauthorities and both collective and individual migrants. Studying and comparing politicaltransnationalism may help explain why transnational initiatives progress in some settingsbut not others. This study considers some of the factors that should be taken into account inorder to understand transnational activities in sending communities. The finding show thatpartisan politics constitute an element to be studied as part of the conditions that may enhanceor limit relationships between migrants and local governments in postwar El Salvador. 2008 artículo científico 1665-8906 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=15140306 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=151 Migraciones Internacionales application/pdf El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Migraciones Internacionales (México) Num.3 Vol.4
title Migrant-Local Government Relationships in Sending Communities The Power of Politics in Postwar El Salvador
topic Demografía
partisanship
postconfl ict
sending communities
migrant associations
political transnationalism
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