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TRANSNATIONAL (AFTER)LIFE: MIGRANT TRANSNATIONALISM AND
ENGAGEMENT IN U.S. AND MEXICAN POLITICS
by
Adrián Félix
_____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOHPY
(POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
August 2010
Copyright 2010 Adrián Félix
Object Description
| Title | Transnational (after)life: migrant transnationalism and engagement in U.S. and Mexican politics |
| Author | Félix, Adrián |
| Author email | adrianfe@usc.edu; adrianf@ucla.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Politics & International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-04-28 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-06-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Ramirez, Ricardo |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle Hamilton, Nora Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette |
| Abstract | Contemporary migrants in the United States demonstrate an interest and capacity for political engagement in both their country of residence and of origin. In the case of México-U.S. migration, why do some migrants engage in the cultural and political life of their country of residence and of origin while others disengage altogether? Does engagement in one political system hinder participation in the other? Research in political science addresses these questions using surveys that capture individual-level data on transnational attitudes and behaviors at a single point in time. These studies often conclude that participation in one political system comes at the expense of participation in the other.; Drawing on a multi-site, multi-method analysis, this dissertation traces transnationalism at different stages of the migrant political life course, beginning with the “political baptism” (naturalization in the U.S.) and ending with repatriation to México after death. First, I use ethnographic methods to capture the collective experiences of Mexican migrants who are in the process of becoming U.S. citizens to understand why transnational attachments persist even as the formal process of political enfranchisement in the U.S. begins. These findings are then tested systematically with data from the Latino National Survey, a nationally representative survey with a large Mexican-born sub-sample. Next, I turn to transnational ethnography to understand how and why migrants engage the political life of México by analyzing a sample of migrants who have run for office there and address why this act of political transnationalism can have wider mobilizing effects among their co-ethnics in the U.S. Lastly, I discuss one of the policy priorities of these migrant officials: the repatriation of bodies of deceased Mexican migrants from the U.S. to their communities of origin in México. Like other diaspora affairs, this chapter traces how the Mexican government’s position regarding posthumous repatriations has changed from a “policy of having no policy” to one that is highly institutionalized. |
| Keyword | international migration; Mexico-U.S. migration; transnationalism |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Mexico |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3165 |
| Rights | Félix, Adrián |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Felix-3803 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Felix-3803.pdf |
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| Full text | TRANSNATIONAL (AFTER)LIFE: MIGRANT TRANSNATIONALISM AND ENGAGEMENT IN U.S. AND MEXICAN POLITICS by Adrián Félix _____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOHPY (POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Adrián Félix |
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