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Social Remittances: Migration Driven Local-Level Forms of Cultural Diffusion

Levitt, Peggy·1998·International Migration Review
DOI 10.1177/019791839803200404
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Many studies highlight the macro-level dissemination of global culture and institutions. This article focuses on social remittances – a local-level, migration-driven form of cultural diffusion. Social remittances are the ideas, behaviors, identities, and social capital that flow from receiving- to sending-country communities. The role that these resources play in promoting immigrant entrepreneurship, community and family formation, and political integration is widely acknowledged. This article specifies how these same ideas and practices are remolded in receiving countries, the mechanisms by which they are sent back to sending communities, and the role they play in transforming sending-country social and political life.

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Metadata

Authors
Levitt, P.
Venue
International Migration Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1998-12
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
926-948
ISSN
  • 0197-9183 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-7379
DOI
10.1177/019791839803200404
OpenAlex
W1968224500
Cited by
1,686
References
2
FWCI
19.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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