"Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican...

Port workers in Colombia : reinstatement as formal workers / Daniel Hawkins -- Retail and hospitality workers in South Africa : organized by trade union of formal workers to demand equal pay and benefits / Sahra Ryklief -- Haitian migrant workers in Dominican Republic : organized by trade union...

Machine generated contents note: PART I. Leaving the Land of the Few 19 -- The Great Exodus: Its Roots 21 -- Explaining Dominican Migration 23 -- The Middle Class and the Urban Background: -- Deconstruction of a False Identity 26 -- The Making of a Migratory Movement: -- An Alternative Reading...

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Genealogy of Community Consultation -- Chapter 3: Global Landscape and Local Contexts for Stakeholder Consultation -- Chapter 4: The People Beyond the Tag: Stakeholder Perceptions in Villa Altagracia...

"Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union--all verified by an...

Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and a legitimate union—all verified by an...