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portada An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish)
An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish)An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2010
Language
Spanish
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
15.2 x 22.6 x 1.8 cm
Weight
0.39 kg.
ISBN
0816526354
ISBN13
9780816526352
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An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish)

Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez (Author) · Univ Of Arizona Pr · Paperback

An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish) - Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez

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Synopsis "An Impossible Living in a Transborder World: Culture, Confianza, and Economy of Mexican-Origin Populations (in Spanish)"

They are known as cundinas or tandas in Mexico, and for many people these local savings-and-loan operations play an indispensable role in the struggle to succeed in today's transborder economy. With this extensively researched book, Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez updates and expands upon his major 1983 study of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), incorporating new data that reflect the explosion of Mexican-origin populations in the United States. Much more than a study of one economic phenomenon though, the book examines the way in which these practices are part of greater transnational economies and how these populations engage in-and suffer through-the twenty-first century global economy. Central to the ROSCA is the cultural concept of mutual trust, or confianza. This is the cultural glue that holds the reciprocal relationship together. As Vélez-Ibáñez explains, confianza "shapes the expectations for relationships within broad networks of interpersonal links, in which intimacies, favors, goods, services, emotion, power, or information are exchanged." In a border region where migration, class movement, economic changes, and institutional inaccessibility produce a great deal of uncertainty, Mexican-origin populations rely on confianza and ROSCAs to maintain a sense of security in daily life. How do transborder people adapt these common practices to meet the demands of a global economy? That is precisely what Vélez-Ibáñez investigates.

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