Shows
Democracy ParadoxJoseph Wright and Abel Escribà-Folch on Migration's Potential to Topple DictatorshipsThis is money that flows between individuals and families and largely circumvents governments and that's a hugely important point, because the real take home of the book is that when these financial flows are controlled by citizens, it tips the balance of power in favor of citizens. When the international financial flow goes to governments, it tips the balance of power in terms of governments.Joseph WrightA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorships here.Joe Wright is a p...2022-01-1146 min
I've Been Thinking with Peter FrankopanEP21: Refugees, remittance and the potential for ideological change with Pennsylvania State University's Professor Joseph WrightRefugees and migrants take their path for many different reasons one of which is economic. How does the money they send back to their homes - remittance - change their families, communities and even governments? Outside of this how does their new cultural capital impact how they see the world around them and from where they travelled from?
Pennsylvania State University's Joseph Wright, along with Abel Escribà-Folch and Covadonga Meseguer have written Migration and Democracy: How Remittances Undermine Dictatorships - available in the US right now and the UK early 2022 - to look at these questions and more.
Peter a...2021-10-1840 min
Latin American CentreFinancial remittances, social remittances, and the state in Latin AmericaDr Covadonga Meseguer, London School of Economics, gives a talk for the Latin American Centre series.2015-03-191h 19