Cross-Border Discussions and Political Behavior in Migrant-Sending Countries

Publication Title

Studies in Comparative International Development

Document Type

Article

Department or Program

Latin American and Latinx Studies

Publication Date

2-25-2014

Keywords

Diaspora, International migration, Political behavior, Political communication

Abstract

Even when émigrés living abroad versus returning migrants share similar norms, knowledge, practices, and ideas with non-migrants living in their origin country, émigrés have a stronger influence on non-migrants' political beliefs and behaviors. The reason is that outmigration affects the social ties in which discussions between émigrés abroad and non-migrants are embedded, making them more cohesive and asymmetrical. In contrast, returning permanently to the origin country reverses these effects. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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Original version is available from the publisher at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-014-9152-4

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