Studies in Comparative International Development
Volume 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-88

Cross-Border Discussions and Political Behavior in Migrant-Sending Countries (Article)

Pérez-Armendáriz C.*
  • a Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States

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.

Author Keywords

international migration Political behavior political communication Diaspora

Index Keywords

international migration emigration diaspora political ideology
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897961278&doi=10.1007%2fs12116-014-9152-4&partnerID=40&md5=ee4e3ddf963cfda3b62d39edb82b15eb
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-014-9152-4
ISSN: 00393606
Cited by: 22
Original Language: English