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Details for article 76 of 159 found articles
| Title: |
Reaching the promised land: Undocumented Dominican migration to Puerto Rico |
| Author: |
Milagros Ricourt |
| Appeared in: |
Centro journal |
| Paging: | Volume XIX (2007) nr. 2 pages 324-343 |
| Year: |
2007 |
| Contents: |
What compelling forces drive Dominican women to risk their lives in an undocumented journey to Puerto Rico? To answer this question, this essay explores the growing poverty in the Dominican Republic as a powerful force driving migration. But is poverty the only motivating factor? The essay also looks into the social forces leading women to migrate. Ethnographic data suggest that opportunities open to women in the labor force in the era of free trade do not improve their quality of life. Instead, they have permitted certain levels of empowerment that allow women to find the resources and the courage to engage in the dangerous adventure of seeking a better life in Puerto Rico. The analysis of this process of migration opens a window to see migration from a different theoretical perspective. This essay proposes a discussion to elucidate new paradigms in the view of migration during the consolidation of free trade in the Dominican Republic. |
| Publisher: |
City University of New York (provided by DOAJ) |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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