Social remittances: Migration driven local-level forms of cultural diffusion
Social remittances: Migration driven local-level forms of cultural diffusion
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DOI：
10.2307/2547666
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发表时间：
1998-12-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Levitt, P
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作者：
Levitt, P
许多研究强调全球文化和机构的宏观传播。这篇文章的重点是社会汇款-一个地方层面的，移民驱动的文化传播形式。社会汇款是从接收国流向输出国社区的思想、行为、身份和社会资本。这些资源在促进移民创业、社区和家庭组建以及政治融合方面发挥的作用得到了广泛认可。本文详细说明了这些相同的想法和做法是如何在接收国重塑，他们被送回发送社区的机制，以及他们在改变发送国的社会和政治生活中发挥的作用。
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.