Showing papers by "Alejandro Portes published in 1984"
TL;DR: Findings from a series of logistic regressions converge with recent events in South Florida to demonstrate the significance of interethnic contact and competition in the development of ethnic awareness and theoretical implications of these results are discussed.
Abstract: This paper traces the evolution of perceptions of social distance and discrimination by the host society among members of a recently arrived foreign minority. Determinants of these perceptions suggested by three alternative hypotheses in this area are reviewed and their effects compared empirically. The data come from a longitudinal studyof adult male Cuban exiles interviewed at the time of arrival in the United States and again three and six years later. Results suggest a significant rise in perceptions of social distance and discrimination from low initial levels and a consistent association of such perceptions with variables suggested by the ethnic resilience perspective. In particular, findings from a series of logistic regressions converge with recent events in South Florida to demonstrate the significance of interethnic contact and competition in the development of ethnic awareness. Theoretical implications of these results and their bearing on the analysis of differences between labor immigrants and political refugees are discussed.
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TL;DR: One of the few points of agreement in the area of development is that poverty is a direct result of unemployment or underemployment and, hence, overcoming poverty requires the mass incorporation of the working-age population into modern industrial employment.
Abstract: Experts on national development agree that the ultimate justification for their work is the attainment of a better standard of living by the populations of impoverished countries. Although strategies to achieve this goal vary widely and although most current research focuses on aggregate economic measures such as gross national product growth, the basic expectation is that structural development processes will translate into significant improvements in the living conditions of the majority (Hirschman, 1958; Myint, 1964; Furtado, 1971). One of the few points of agreement in the area of development is that poverty is a direct result of unemployment or underemployment and, hence, that overcoming poverty requires the mass incorporation of the working-age population into modern industrial employment (Myrdal, 1957; Cardoso, 1969). An expert of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA) makes the point as follows:
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