Latinos in Ethnic Enclaves: Immigrant Workers and the Competition for Jobs

ISBN-13: 9780815337652 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 175 str.

Stephanie Bohon

Opis

This work explores the competition for jobs between different Latin American immigrant groups in the US economy. While it has been widely established that many Cuban immigrants have found economic success in Miami and New Jersey, no previous work has examined the impact of this Cuban success on the well-being of Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Columbians, and other Central and South Americans in the United States. It is argued in this book that some of this success may have come at the expense of Mexicans, Nicaraguans, and other Central Americans who provide a cheap pool of labour for Latino entrepreneurs but face discrimination in job promotions at the hands of both white and Latino bosses. Bohon's research looks at occupational status attainment among Latino groups in Miami and three other US cities with flourishing Latino enclaves (New York, Los Angeles, and Jersey City, New Jersey). There she shows the disadvantaged position of some groups regardless of their levels of education, job experience, English fluency, and other factors.

Spis treści

List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Latino Immigrants and Ethnic Enclaves; 2. Segmented Assimilation and Queuing; 3. Ethnic Enclaves and Enclave Theory; 4. Data and Methods; 5. Occupational Attainment within Latino Enclaves; 6. Discrimination and Competition among Long-Term Immigrants; 7. Discrimination and Competition among Recent Immigrants; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Stephanie Bohon