Essays about: "the Dominican Republic"

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  1. 11. Migration from Central America and the Caribbean: The Impact of Social Indicators on Labor Market Performance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Reibstein; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; integration; Central America; Caribbean; labor market participation; social capital; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the last 50 years, immigration from Central America and the Caribbean to the United States of America has been increasing. Because these immigrants often find themselves in vulnerable positions, their successful integration into society should be of public interest. READ MORE

  3. 12. Fairtrade - Fair for whom? : A field study conducted in the Dominican Republic.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för företagsekonomi

    Author : Alexander Chritiansen; [2016]
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  4. 13. “Ghetto Nerd at the End of the World”: the Decolonized Chronotope, Liminality, and Dialogics in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Clarissa Grace Chang; [2016]
    Keywords : contemporary literature; Junot Díaz; decolonized chronotope; decolonial imagination; heteroglossia; New Jersey; Dominican Republic; Afro-Latinidad; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Narratives focusing on People of Color often suffer from neocolonial treatment with narrow focus on race at the expense of character development, working with stereotypical monoliths rather than complex individuals. These types of narratives tend to use Whiteness as a “neutral” reference point. READ MORE

  5. 14. Voodoo Child

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Arvidsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Haiti; Dominican Republic; Poverty Trap; Economic Growth; Bad Governance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine the reasons on why some poor countries seem to achieve economic growth, while some others do not. Can we decide which country that will succeed beforehand, or is it simply a matter of policy? I take my starting point in the economist Jeffrey D. READ MORE

  6. 15. POLITICIZING PREJUDICE An Investigation into the Historic use of Anti-Haitian Prejudice and Antagonism as a Political Tool in the Dominican Republic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Josefine Lund Schlamovitz; [2016]
    Keywords : Dominican Republic; Dominican-Haitian relations; Anti-Haitianism; Prejudice; Politicization; National identity; Trujillo; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the Dominican Republic, residing Haitians and their descendants, emigrated from the neighboring country Haiti, occupy the lowest societal strata. A societal position ascribed to the long and fraught history between the two countries. Their presence has for decades caused great aversion and has officially been labeled anti-Haitianism. READ MORE