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Remittances and Households in the Age of Neoliberal Uncertainty

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  • Kalpana Khanal
  • Zdravka Todorova

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International migration and remittance flows have been reframed as catalysts for poverty reduction and development through marketization. Growth, measurement, and promotion of global remittances have emerged against the backdrop of neoliberal structural adjustment programs and financialization. Those processes have paralleled the emergence of the transnational household as a global institution. The article suggests that transnational households characterize a new stage of neoliberal capitalist development. The article revisits Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation and discusses how active governance and neoliberal discourse regulate and frame labor and remittances as “fictitious commodities.” Further, it is argued that transnational households take active roles in Polanyi’s “double movement,” by providing social protection amidst narrow public responsibility for provisioning. The article identifies this as a new element of “the great transformation,” and referring to J. K. Galbraith, as a new age of neoliberal uncertainty.

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  • Kalpana Khanal & Zdravka Todorova, 2019. "Remittances and Households in the Age of Neoliberal Uncertainty," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(2), pages 515-522, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:53:y:2019:i:2:p:515-522
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2019.1603763
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    1. Zdravka Todorova, 2023. "Social Processes of Oppression in the Stratified Economy and Veblenian Feminist Post Keynesian Connections," Working Papers PKWP2311, Post Keynesian Economics Society (PKES).
    2. Tuan Nguyen‐Anh & Shawn Leu & Anh Nguyen‐Thi‐Phuong & Thanh Ngo‐Dang & Nguyen To‐The, 2023. "Adapting to the new normal: A sustainable livelihood framework for the informal sectors during COVID‐19," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 1092-1112, May.
    3. Zdravka Todorova, 2024. "Social processes of oppression in the stratified economy and Veblenian feminist post Keynesian connections," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(1), pages 25-54, January.

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