{"product_id":"the-urban-caribbean-transition-to-the-new-global-economy-9780801855191","title":"The Urban Caribbean: Transition to the New Global Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of urbanization in five countries--Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica--during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Urban Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e studies urbanization in five countries--Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica--during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports. This shift caused producers and entrepreneurs to rely more on microenterprises, thus challenging the informal economy networks of the central cities. Sociologist Alejandro Portes and the other contributors use rich, in-depth data to examine both qualitative and quantitative changes in these five countries. Their research method allows them to make generalizations applicable to all five economies while retaining the concreteness of the similarities and differences that make each country unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is an incentive to other collaborative efforts to chart the paths taken by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as they seek to accommodate to the new global political and economic context . . . .The message of the volume is a convincing one. Because of similarities in the trends affecting countries of the region and policy debates, each country can benefit from the experiences of the others. However, the differences in political structure and in the nature of citizenship mean that social and economic policy debates must take into account the national context.--from the Foreword, by Bryan Roberts, University of Texas-Austin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alejandro Portes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 5.98w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801855191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro Portes \u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. \u003cb\u003eCarlos Dore-Cabral \u003c\/b\u003e is senior investigator at the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in the Dominican Republic. \u003cb\u003ePatricia Landolt \u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the Johns Hopkins University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136290304115,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9907ac96-6b9e-41cc-b7af-ae147a1c1713.jpg?v=1654262724","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-urban-caribbean-transition-to-the-new-global-economy-9780801855191","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}