Social Remittances and Financial Remittances

Abstract

This chapter expounds on social remittances and financial remittances. Advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have rendered the physical distance separating migrant families less relevant due to numerous digital alternatives to in-person meetings, such as international calls and international over-the-top (OTT) communication services. Migrants simultaneously send their financial remittances and their experiences of beliefs and politics to their relatives back home. Thus, social remittances could impact political behaviors such as increasing protest and decreasing electoral support. On the other hand, political remittances are dependent whether emigration is politically motivated or driven by economic necessity. Moreover, political conversations seemed to amplify the effect of monetary remittances on autocracy protests.