Abstract

VILA FREYER, Ana. Transnational social cohesion and migration in Guanajuato. A perspective in construction from the South. Estud. front [online]. 2020, vol.21, e059.  Epub Jan 15, 2021. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2017059.

How do migrant groups affect social cohesion, community values and the development of their communities of origin? To answer these questions, an exploratory survey was applied to 658 people, 21% of whom were returned migrants and/or their families. The objective was to identify the resources mobilized by migrants during their migratory trajectory based on the five dimensions that, according to Jane Jenson compose social cohesion. This work had two findings: migrant groups have sustained their community values and commitments in a structure of social linkages supported by family and friendship relationships, as well as a low recognition of national and subnational political institutions. Evidence also suggests that some elements of community participation that constitute this linkage structure are present simultaneously in multiple geographic spaces. This would reinforce a sense of multiple belonging and create a notion of transnational social cohesion and a research agenda to verify it.

Keywords : social cohesion; community; multiple belonging; transnationalism; international migration; return.