2001/12/01 by Jeffrey H Cohen, Jeffrey H. Cohen · 170 citations
Social Sciences · #Dependency (UML) #Developing country #Development economics #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Dynamism #Economic geography #Economic growth #Economics #Geography #Interdependence #Internal migration #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Political science #Remittance #Social science #Sociology #Transnationalism
paper · doi:10.1525/aa.2001.103.4.954
published in American Anthropologist 103(4), 954-967 (Wiley)
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Contradictory models of dependency and development have dominated the discussion of migration between Mexico and the United States. Transnational models of migration resolve these contradictions by defining a series of interdependencies (economy and society, for example). Using data collected in a rural Zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico, this article focuses on three areas: the stage‐specific development of transnational movement; the domestic cycle, household decision making, and migration/remittance outcomes; and the changing nature of community participation. Rooting the discussion in household decision making captures the important role local social variability and economic dynamism play in understanding transnational processes and advancing migration studies. [ households, migration, transnationalism, dependency and development, Oaxaca, Mexico ]