essay

Manos que sobran: work, migration and the Puerto Rican in the 1990's

commuter nation : perspectives on puerto rican migration • Río Piedras, P. R. • Published In 1994 • Pages: 115-149

By: Bonilla, Frank.

Abstract

In this document Bonilla sketches the main parameters of an ongoing transition to a service based economy both in Puerto Rico and New York City with a particular focus on its impact on employment and unemployment as it bears on Puerto Ricans along with the implications of this process for migration trends. In addition the author presents a summary critique of employment generating strategies being endorsed from various quarters in the United States and Puerto Rico as part of programs of 'reindustrialization' or 'recomposition' of capital accumulation in the wake of sharp declines in industrial production. He then attempts to tie the above together by presenting a research agenda so that actions intended to break the long standing cycle of repeated uprooting, joblessness, and poverty may find more realistic grounding (p. 117). Although much of this study deals with theoretical constructs, and with the island rather than the mainland Puerto Ricans, there is some information on demography and employment in New York City and the United States for the period of the 1960s-1980s which makes this a useful source of information for the researcher.

HRAF PubDate

2002

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Sociologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2000

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1970s-1980s

Coverage Place

New York, N.Y., United States

Notes

Frank Bonilla

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149)

LCCN

91027083

LCSH

Puerto Ricans--United States