
Activité de centre | 2017-11-16 (Royaume-Uni - UCL Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PN)
This paper explores the role of return migrants in democratic consolidation. According to recent research, emigrants and the money they remit can facilitate transitions to democracy. Out-migration and remittances allow recipients to escape clientelistic ties by increasing recipients’ autonomy from state-provided social and public goods. As a result, recipients vote their conscience or do not vote, thereby debilitating the electoral support of traditionally clientelistic parties.