TY - JOUR
T1 - The Social Organization of Mexican Migration to the United States
AU - Massey, Douglas S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research presented in this article was supported by grant number HD15166 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and is based on chapter 6 of the forthcoming book Return to Aztlán, written by the author with Rafael Alarcon, Jorge Durand, and Humberto Gonzales.
PY - 1986/9
Y1 - 1986/9
N2 - Migration between Mexico and the United States is supported by social networks that link sending communities with specific work sites in the United States. This article uses a combination of ethnographic and survey methods to study how these networks develop and how they facilitate the migrant enterprise. Migrant networks are based on the bonds of kinship, friendship, and paisanaje, which are reinforced through frequent contact in voluntary organizations. Over time, as networks develop and mature, migration becomes self-sustaining. The maturation of migrant networks in western Mexico after 1965 helps to explain the sharp rise in Mexican migration to the United States during the 1970s.
AB - Migration between Mexico and the United States is supported by social networks that link sending communities with specific work sites in the United States. This article uses a combination of ethnographic and survey methods to study how these networks develop and how they facilitate the migrant enterprise. Migrant networks are based on the bonds of kinship, friendship, and paisanaje, which are reinforced through frequent contact in voluntary organizations. Over time, as networks develop and mature, migration becomes self-sustaining. The maturation of migrant networks in western Mexico after 1965 helps to explain the sharp rise in Mexican migration to the United States during the 1970s.
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U2 - 10.1177/0002716286487001006
DO - 10.1177/0002716286487001006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022828367
SN - 0002-7162
VL - 487
SP - 102
EP - 113
JO - The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
JF - The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
IS - 1
ER -