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Globalization and Free Trade Agreements: A Profile of a Nicaraguan Factory Community.
- Source :
- Journal of Community Practice; Oct-Dec2010, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p440-457, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- This study examines a Nicaraguan community 3 years after the signing of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to learn how families, living in a community constructed near a US-owned factory, maintained resilience under growing negative conditions. These conditions relate to family dislocation, loss of support systems, lack of childcare, safe water, and food security, in addition to labor injustices. Although maintaining relatively high scores on a baseline resilience test, these families and others like them in Central America, demonstrate a struggle for survival in a globalized context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CORPORATIONS
ANALYSIS of variance
EMPLOYMENT
FOCUS groups
HEALTH status indicators
INDUSTRIES
INTERNATIONAL relations
RESEARCH methodology
POVERTY
PROPERTY
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
SOCIAL isolation
SOCIAL justice
SOCIAL networks
SURVEYS
WATER supply
ETHNOLOGY research
FOOD safety
COMMUNITY support
RELOCATION
SCALE items
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10705422
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 104956515
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2010.519223