Producing and managing political remittances: the transnational vote of the Frente Amplio de Uruguay in Argentina (1984-2014)
This paper describes and analyzes the production, management and circulation of political remittances by the Frente Amplio de Uruguay in Argentina, which, since the 1980s, has mobilized the vote of Uruguayan residents in Argentina to Uruguay for the elections in the latter country. For that, we iden...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Pontificia Comillas
2018-06-01
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| Series: | Migraciones |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/revistamigraciones/article/view/8894 |
| Summary: | This paper describes and analyzes the production, management and circulation of political remittances by the Frente Amplio de Uruguay in Argentina, which, since the 1980s, has mobilized the vote of Uruguayan residents in Argentina to Uruguay for the elections in the latter country. For that, we identified the actors that integrate the transnational network and the transformations carried out on its material infrastructure. At the same time, we observing the specificities that fit the processes of political incorporation in both countries. The empirical material that underlies this article is a combination of a multi-situated ethnographic fieldwork —which includes the analysis of sources produced by the interviewees and/or their political groups— and an archive work, which the press of both countries, and the revision of secondary sources. |
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| ISSN: | 1138-5774 2341-0833 |