Meseguer, Covadonga, Jaupart, Pascal and Aparicio, Javier (2017) The limits of material benefits: remittances and pro-Americanism in Mexico. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 9 (2). pp. 3-40. ISSN 1868-4890
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Abstract
We explore how the reception of remittances affects perceptions of the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the U.S. Scholars have claimed that the economic benefits of the relationship with the U.S. prevail over imperialistic concerns stemming from the asymmetry of power between the two countries. Empirical research shows that Latin American public opinion is indeed more supportive of the U.S. than the theory predicts. We identify, however, two gaps in this literature: first, scholars have explored the determinants of generic expressions of sentiment toward the U.S., overlooking more concrete instances of cooperation between the two countries. Second, scholars have focused on trade and investment and have ignored how the material gains of emigration shape attitudes toward the U.S. Using novel survey data on the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the U.S., our paper fills these two gaps. On one hand, we find that while the reception of remittances correlates positively with good sentiments toward the U.S., those that receive remittances are consistently more opposed to cooperation with the U.S. in the fight against drug trafficking. We argue that this finding can be explained by the different nature of the migratory phenomenon, and the connection between anti-drug trafficking policies and the close scrutiny of illegal flows of money and people.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/inde... |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors © CC BY-NC 4.0 |
| Divisions: | International Relations |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HG Finance J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2017 11:42 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80926 |
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