TY - BOOK ID - 77879532 TI - A nation of emigrants PY - 2009 SN - 1282360744 9786612360749 0520942477 9780520942479 9780520257047 0520257049 9780520257054 0520257057 9781282360747 6612360747 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Mexicans KW - Return migration KW - Migration, Return KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Repatriation KW - Mexico KW - Anáhuac KW - Estados Unidos Mexicanos KW - Maxico KW - Méjico KW - Mekishiko KW - Meḳsiḳe KW - Meksiko KW - Meksyk KW - Messico KW - Mexique (Country) KW - República Mexicana KW - Stany Zjednoczone Meksyku KW - United Mexican States KW - United States of Mexico KW - מקסיקו KW - メキシコ KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church. KW - Government policy. KW - #SBIB:314H252 KW - #SBIB:39A6 KW - #SBIB:39A74 KW - Internationale migratie KW - Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen KW - Etnografie: Amerika KW - Sociology of the developing countries KW - Sociology of environment KW - Migration. Refugees KW - Ethnology KW - US Mexico. KW - illegal immigrants. KW - immigration studies. KW - mexican american immigrants. KW - migration. KW - sociology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879532 AB - What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed efforts to control outflow, the Mexican state now emphasizes voluntary ties, dual nationality, and rights over obligations. In this groundbreaking book, David Fitzgerald examines a region of Mexico whose citizens have been migrating to the United States for more than a century. He finds that emigrant citizenship does not signal the decline of the nation-state but does lead to a new form of citizenship, and that bureaucratic efforts to manage emigration and its effects are based on the membership model of the Catholic Church. ER -