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In this important book, Germano draws on data from four regions of the Global South to explore whether households that receive remittances are better protected from economic shocks and hardship and therefore less likely to engage in destabilizing political behavior in the context of global market integration and shrinking welfare states. The book's substantive contribution to the growing literature on the political economy of remittances is matched by its methodological sophistication and crisp writing style. Germano knows how to tell compelling stories, which he weaves very nicely into the narrative, but he also knows how to run regressions, which he uses to generate very interesting results explained in clear and accessible language. -Katrina Burgess, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School, Tufts University Outsourcing Welfare is a major contribution to the field. Work on the relationship between the receipt of remittances and political preferences is in its infancy and this book, through its detailed and nuanced examination of the political effect that remittances exert across four very different geographical areas, is the first comprehensive study on the relationship between remittances and political behavior. It very neatly synthesizes work on remittances and work on the economic vote and significantly advances the existing literature. -David Doyle, Associate Professor of Politics, Fellow of the Latin American Center, University of Oxford In Outsourcing Welfare, Roy Germano convincingly argues that the financial remittances sent home by international migrants play a critical role in closing gaping holes in the social safety nets of poor nations, thus defusing populist anger and promoting political stability throughout the developing world, an underappreciated benefit of immigration that citizens in rich countries would do well to bear in mind. Germano is masterful in making us see immigration 'from the other side.' -Douglas S. Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

This illuminating book addresses an important but often overlooked consequence of international migration: remittances sent by immigrants to relatives in their countries of origin. * Richard N. Cooper, Foreign Affairs *

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Roy Germano is a research scholar at the New York University School of Law. His research has appeared in Perspectives on Politics, The NYU Law Review, Research & Politics, Migration Studies, Latino Studies, and Electoral Studies. He has also written and directed five documentaries based on his fieldwork in Mexico and Central America, including the award-winning film The Other Side of Immigration. He holds a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin.

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