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Re-thinking the role of remittances in transnational relationships

Jørgen Carling
November 06, 2013
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Re-thinking the role of remittances in transnational relationships

Presented at the Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development Colloquium, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, 6 November 2013. Like all my slide decks, this one is a visual aid to an oral presentation, not a self-explanatory document. There's more information on my publications and work in progress on my web site: www.jorgencarling.com.

Jørgen Carling

November 06, 2013
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Transcript

  1. Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development
    Colloquium, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
    Maastricht University, 6 November 2013
    Re-thinking the role
    of remittances in
    transnational
    relationships
    Jørgen Carling

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  2. Re-thinking the role
    of remittances in
    transnational
    relationships
    Previous work
    with different…
    – Perspectives
    – Methods
    – Literatures

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  3. Re-thinking the role
    of remittances in
    transnational
    relationships
    Current project
    Theorizing Risk,
    Money and Moralities
    in Migration (TRiMM)

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  4. Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead
    Re-thinking the role
    of remittances in
    transnational
    relationships

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  5. Re-thinking the role
    of remittances in
    transnational
    relationships
    Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  6. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    • Shared theoretical
    reference points
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  7. Pure
    altruism
    Pure self-
    interest
    Tempered
    altruism or
    enlightened
    self-interest
    Motivations
    to remit
    Repayment
    Coinsurance
    Inheritance
    Investment
    Return

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  8. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    • Shared theoretical
    reference points
    • Explicitly about
    remittances
    • Often socially
    decontextualized
    • Rich social
    contextualization
    • Remittances often a
    sub-theme
    • Patchy theorizing
    about remittances
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  9. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    “It’s anecdotal
    and it can’t be
    measured”
    “Reality is much
    more complex
    than that”
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  10. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    • Don’t just say it’s complex
    • Be careful in privileging the measurable
    • Balance the specific and the general
    Propositions
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  11. • Balance the specific and the general
    James Hill / New York Times
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  12. Carling, J (2008) ‘The human dynamics of
    migrant transnationalism.’ Ethnic and Racial
    Studies, 31(8): 1452-1477.
    • Balance the specific and the general
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  13. Carling, J (2008) ‘The human dynamics of
    migrant transnationalism.’ Ethnic and Racial
    Studies, 31(8): 1452-1477.
    • Balance the specific and the general
    Intrinsic asymmetries
    Frustrating for both sides
    Varying and contradictory
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  14. Sender Receiver
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  15. Sender Receiver
    Transactors
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  16. Feelings
    Expectations
    Requitals
    Rituals
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  17. Transaction models
    • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  18. Transaction models
    • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  19. Transaction models
    • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  20. Transaction models
    • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  21. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  22. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  23. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  24. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  25. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  26. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  27. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  28. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  29. ?
    • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  30. Transnational
    relations
    Generic
    aspects of
    relations
    Migration-
    induced
    aspects of
    relations
    Remittance
    transactions
    Generic aspects
    of transaction
    model
    Migration-
    induced
    aspects of
    transactions

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  31. • Purchase
    • Gift
    • Allowance
    • Assistance
    • Contribution
    • Alms
    • Sacrifice
    • Entitlement
    • Pooling
    • Loan
    • Repayment
    • Investment
    • Authorization
    • Blackmail
    Transaction models
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  32. Market shares
    Cultural norms
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  33. Market shares
    Cultural norms
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  34. Good
    migrants
    remit
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  35. Good
    migrants
    remit
    Market
    actors
    National
    politicians
    Development
    agencies
    Neighbourhood
    gossip
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  36. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  37. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    Research Question:
    Are migrants
    altruistic or
    self-interested?
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

    View Slide

  38. Economics-
    oriented
    literature
    Ethnographic
    literature
    Research Question:
    Are migrants
    altruistic or
    self-interested?
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead
    Research Question:
    ?

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  39. Research Question:
    Are migrants
    altruistic or
    self-interested?
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead
    Research Question:
    ?

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  40. Research
    Questions
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  41. Research
    Questions
    Two
    literatures
    Human
    dynamics
    Remittance
    transactions
    Looking
    ahead

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  42. [email protected]
    www.prio.org/staff/jorgen
    www.jorgencarling.com
    @jorgencarling
    Thank you!

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