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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Studying Migration in Oaxaca's Central Valleys -- One. The Household and Migration -- Two. History, Trajectory, and Process in Oaxacan Migration -- Three. Contemporary Migration -- Four. Migration, Socioeconomic Change, and Development -- Five. Nonmigrant Households -- Conclusion. Migration in Oaxaca's Central Valleys and Anthropology -- Appendix A. Characteristics of the Population by Community -- Appendix B. Household Survey -- Appendix C. Cultural Consensus -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Setting Up and Settling In -- Chapter Two. The First Month and First Steps -- Chapter Three. Field Matters -- Chapter Four. The Rhythm of Fieldwork -- Chapter Five. Fine-Tuning and Focus in the Field -- Chapter Six. Bumps and Breaks in the Field -- Chapter Seven. Finishing? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Göçmen dövizlerinin ulusal ekonomiler açısından taşıdığı önem son derece iyi belgelenmiştir ve bu akışın değeri, çok nadir olarak tartışmaya konu olmaktadır (bkz. Russell ve Teitelbaum, 1992). Bununla birlikte, göçmen dövizlerinin nasıl en iyi şekilde ele alınacağı ve çalışılacağı, küresel kapitalizme, ulusal ve yerel ekonomilere kattıkları parasal değerin nasıl değerlendirileceğine ilişkin birçok tartışma mevcuttur. Bu makalede, sosyal bilimler alanındaki göçmen dövizi çalışmalarını değerlendirip eleştiriyorum. Coğrafya, yerel tarih ve bir hanenin yaşam döngüsü aşamasını ulus ötesi süreçlerle birleştiren çağdaş mikro düzeydeki yaklaşımların, geçmişteki tek boyutlu yaklaşımlara çok önemli bir alternatif sunduğunu savunuyorum. Göçmen dövizinin etkileri konusuna geçmeden önce, kısaca göçü irdeleyeceğim; çünkü göçmen dövizleri yoktan var olmaz ve kişinin hane halkını, topluluğunu ve de çoğunlukla ülkesini terk etmesiyle başlayan karar alma sürecinin bir parçasıdır.ABSTRACT IN ENGLISHRemittance Outcomes and Migration: Theoretical Contests, Real OpportunitiesThe importance of migrant remittances to national economies is well documented and there is little debate over the value of these flows. Nevertheless, there remains a great deal of discussion over how best to approach and study migrant remittances, and how to judge the value of remittances to global capitalism, national budgets, and local economies. In this article, I review and critique remittance studies in the social sciences and argue that contemporary micro-level approaches that link geography, local history, and a household's lifecycle stage with transnational processes offer a vital alternative to the unidimensional approaches of the past. Before I turn to remittance outcomes in particular, I first briefly examine migration, because remittances do not occur in a vacuum; rather, they are part of a decision-making process that begins with the choice to leave one's household, community, and often nation.

This is a brief reflection on the Migration Conference 2018, the sixth event in our conference series, was hosted by the University of Lisbon, Portugal. The Conference brought together nearly 600 international researchers. The Migration Conference series builds upon the earliest conferences held at Regent's University London and over time has grown to become the largest global gathering of migration scholars. The thematic tracks in the conference covered various aspects of human mobility ranging from identity issues to remittances and migration law. The audience has also enjoyed the keynote speeches by distinguished speakers including Joaquin Arango from Complutense University Madrid and Ruba Salih from SOAS University of London.

In this review, I examine the meaning, place, and role of remittances for migrants (movers) and for their sending households and communities. I define remittances as more than economic and explore the cultural and social value of remittances as well as the ways in which transnational space is created as movers and nonmovers interact. Although remittances are often critical to the well-being and survival of migrant sending households, this review also defines the costs that movers face as they remit and the positive as well as negative impacts remittances can hold for sending households.

Ulloa Bornemann has given us a gift in his memoir documenting how he survived Mexico's dirty war in the 1960s and 1970s. His gift is a sensitive, personal, profoundly moving account that opens the doors on the brutality and violence of the Mexican state, the goals of left wing civil movements and the role that one man plays. Ulloa Bornemann's book follows the model of a testimonial or testimonio - a rich traditional literary trope in Latin America - but at the same time it is much more. The author has opened an important window to a painful period in Mexico's history, one that some would argue continues to the present given the persistence of civil unrest as well as the sustained and heavy handed response of the state.