Bringing Culture Back In

Levitt, Peggy; Lamba-Nieves, Deepak

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“…The importance of cultural orientation stresses that culture matters. As stated by Levitt and Lamba-Nieves (2013) there is a need to bring culture back into migration debates. Migration and return can result in increased cultural capital and reintegration includes decisions regarding cultural orientation and finding ways to embrace two cultures in return.…”

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Female return migration and reintegration strategies in Ethiopia

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Female return migration and reintegration strategies in Ethiopia

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“…At each stage I also give an interpretation of these definitions. Source: own compilation based on MIF [2012], IMF Balance of payments manual [2008], Goldring [2003], Guarnizo [2003], Levitt [2001], Levitt-Lamba [2011], Ghosh [2006].…”

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“…[Levitt, 2001] Originally, the author was referring to these assets on the individual level, showing the ideal type of a successful (rich) returning migrant who brings from the country of destination a new, fresh look on the problems of its home country, and the (allegedly) more development-oriented values and practices, and also the social ties to other rich migrants, making them an ideal actor to initiate deep transformations in the migrantsending community. Later [Levitt -Lamba, 2011] she focused on migrant associations, given the fact that an individual rarely has the force to transform a whole community, while associations can do an important work, as for example in the Dominican context, where it was the migrant associations that took on topics that were previously taboo, such as teenage pregnancy, reproductive health and AIDS awareness, and brought a high valuation of culture, sports and recreation, and the culture of fundraising by campaigns.…”

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Migration and diaspora policies for development in Latin America

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1.3.2. Policymaking in the 'emigration state' 1.3.3. Diaspora policies for development: items of a 'policy toolkit' 1.3.4. Evaluating the hypotheses, part 1: The conceptual level 2. The Latin American diaspora: processes and institutions 2.1. The formation of the Latin American diaspora 2.1.1. The background of Latin American emigration trends 2.1.1.1. Coloniality and migration history in Latin America 2.1.1.2. Demographic and economic trends in Latin America 2.1.1.3. The social and political environment of migration in Latin America 2.1.2. Trends and patterns of emigration and remittance flows in Latin America 2.1.2.1. Trends of emigration in Latin America 2.1.2.2. Remittance flows in Latin America 2.1.2.3. Patterns of emigration in Latin America 2.2. Diaspora institutions in Latin America 2.2.1. Migration and diaspora on the Latin American political agenda 2.2.1.1. The migration issue on the Latin American political agenda 2.2.1.2. The birth of diaspora politics and diaspora policies in Latin America 2.2.2. The institutional setting for diaspora policymaking in Latin America 2.2.2.1. Specialized Diaspora Units in Latin American governmental structures 2.2.2.2. Other governmental units involved in3.4. Matching funds to community projects in Latin America 3.4.1. Latin American migrant associativism in the country of destination 3.4.2. Migrant associations as development actors in Latin America 3.4.3. Case study: the Mexican "3x1" Programme 3.5. Latin American diaspora networks 3.5.1. The highly qualified emigrants' role in Latin American development 3.5.2. Diaspora networks for knowledge transfer to Latin America 3.5.3. Case study: the Colombian Red Caldas and Colombia Nos Une networks 3.6. Comparative analysis of Latin American diaspora policies 3.6.1. The policy window 3.6.2. The policy deal 3.6.3. The policy mechanism 3.6.4. The policy impact 3.6.5. The policy lifespan 3.6.6. Evaluating the hypotheses, part 3: The policy level 4. Conclusions and questions for further research 5. Annex: Diaspora Unit Survey among Latin American Governments [DUS 2014-2015] 6. Bibliography 7. List of related publications of the author I would like to take the opportunity to thank the professional support of my supervisor at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Attila Melegh; my supervisors at the University of Chile (Santiago, Chile) and the Mexiquense College (Toluca, Mexico) where I spent 1-1 semester as an exchange student in the 2010/2011 school year, Horst Nitschack and Paolo Riguzzi, respectively; the researchers of the Mexico State University (Toluca, Mexico), Norma Baca and Francisco Herrera, to whom I could join on their fieldwork in the migrant-sending communities of Tonatico, Las Vueltas and Pachuquilla in May-June 2011; and my colleagues at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office and the Demographic Research Institute, with whom I was working on the "SEEMIG -Managing Migration and its Effects in South East Europe" project between 2012 and 2014. A special acknowledgement is for the government officials of ten Latin Am...

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