Remittances and Protests against Crime in Mexico

The resource mobilization theory has long emphasized the role of resources in facilitating collective mobilization. In turn, recent research on crime and insecurity Mexico drawn attention to local networks solidarity against crime. We rely these two literatures propose that remittances — is, emigrants send their relatives left behind deserve as international determinants this type non-violent anti-crime Further, relying remittances’ impact political behavior, we hypothesize relationship between contentious action is non-linear, exhibiting a positive effect at low moderate levels inflows declining higher remittances. contend levels, provide necessary for activation. At greater remittance inflows, however, lessened economic security grievances imply decline probability protesting. Overall, show emigrant matter organizing protests criminality subnational level but they produce both an engagement disengagement effect, depending size inflows.