Migrant organization and hometown impacts in rural Mexico

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 435-461

  Fox, Jonathan ^a   Bada, Xochitl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Hometown associations; Mexico; Migrant civil society; Remittances

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRARIAN REFORM; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEMOCRATIZATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; RURAL ECONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 42649124035     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2008.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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