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State Response to Transnational Asset Accumulation: The Case of Argentina
Author(s) -
GINIENIEWICZ JORGE,
CASTIGLIONE CELESTE
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00442.x
Subject(s) - latin americans , asset (computer security) , context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , emigration , government (linguistics) , politics , political science , civil servants , human capital , economy , economic growth , economics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , computer security , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , law
Using the asset accumulation framework, and relying on interviews with civil servants working in the department of migrations for the Argentine government, this article addresses the response of the Argentine state to the accumulation and transfer of capital among Argentine emigrants. Contextualising the situation of Argentina in the ‘Latin American context', our primary focus is on four asset categories: financial, human, social and political. This inquiry identifies recent initiatives developed to approach Argentines residing abroad as well as some of the challenges faced by the Argentine state to ‘reconnect’ with emigrants.