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- Title
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND REMITTANCES IN OAXACA.
- Authors
VanWey, Leah K.; Tucker, Catherine M.; McConnell, Eileen Diaz
- Abstract
Researchers studying migration and development have argued over the potential that migration and associated remittances have to improve the economic and social conditions in origin communities. Past research on migration from indigenous communities in Oaxaca has similarly questioned the compatibility of traditional governance systems with high migration rates. We argue, using evidence from four Zapotec communities in rural Oaxaca, that communities can use the organizational capacity of traditional governance systems to access remittances from migrants for the benefit of the community as a whole. Communities can require payment from migrants in lieu of communal labor requirements (tequio) and may directly solicit remittances from migrants for community projects. The extent to which they enforce these requests depends on the existing organizational strength in the community. These findings imply that strong forms of community organization can make the difference between migration contributing to underdevelopment and migration contributing to development.
- Subjects
OAXACA (Mexico : State); MEXICO; COMMUNITY organization; EMIGRATION &; immigration; REMITTANCES
- Publication
Latin American Research Review, 2005, Vol 40, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0023-8791
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lar.2005.0016