Emigration and the Transnationalization of Sending States’ Welfare Regimes

• Lafleur, Jean-Michel ^[1] ; Yener‐Roderburg, Inci Öykü ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Liège

     University of Liège

     Arrondissement de Liège, Bélgica

     
  2. [2] Department of Sociology of Migration, TU Dortmund, Germany / Institute of Turkey Studies, University of Duisburg‐Essen, Germany / DRES Research Center, University of Strasbourg, France
• Localización: Social Inclusion, ISSN-e 2183-2803, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 3, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Transnational Social Protection: Inclusion for Whom? Theoretical Reflections and Migrant Experiences), págs. 174-183
• Idioma: inglés
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  • How does emigration affect sending states’ welfare policies? Existing migration literature has identified numerous political, economic, and institutional variables that influence sending states’ approaches towards emigrants’ welfare. However, this literature has neglected broader processes of social transformation in sending states. Using the concept of welfare regime transnationalization, we show more precisely how emigration transforms welfare regimes in their functional, distributive, normative, and politico‐institutional dimensions. This process is nonetheless strongly constrained by domestic politics. To illustrate our analytical framework, we discuss the transnationalization of health policies in Turkey and Mexico.