Migration and Democracy
how remittances undermine dictatorships
$46.40
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2022
Summary
Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Shape Political Action
In the growing body of work on democracy, little attention has been paid to its links with migration. Migration and Democracy focuses on the effects of worker remittances—money sent by migrants back to their home countries—and how these resources shape political action in the Global South. Remittances are not only the largest source of foreign income in most autocratic countries, but also, in contrast to foreig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691199375 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 069119937X |
| Author: | Joseph Wright, Covadonga Meseguer, Abel Escribà-Folch |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 512g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Winner of the Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association”
About The Author
Joseph Wright
Abel Escrib-Folch is associate professor of political science at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Covadonga Meseguer is associate professor of international political economy at the ICADE Business School. She is the author of Learning, Policy Making and Market Reforms.
Joseph Wright is professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.
Escrib-Folch and Wright are the coauthors of Foreign Pressure and the Politics of Autocratic Survival.
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