Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Status of Puerto Rico: Social-cultural factors in relation to the status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Status of Puerto Rico: Economic factors in relation to the status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Puerto Rican Problems ...
Author: American Council on Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Island Paradox
Author: Francisco Rivera-BatizPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610444736
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
"One of the year's best books on Puerto Rico."—El Nuevo Dia, San Juan "[The authors] are highly regarded labor economists who have written extensively and intelligently in the past, and again in this volume, on Puerto Rican migration and labor markets... There isabundant statistical data and careful analysis, some of which challenges the conventional wisdom. Highly recommended." —Choice Island Paradox is the first comprehensive, census-based portrait of social and economic life in Puerto Rico. During its nearly fiftyyears as a U.S. commonwealth, the relationship between Puerto Rico's small, developing economy and the vastly larger, more industrialized United States has triggered profound changes in the island's industry and labor force. Puerto Rico has been deeply affected by the constant flow of its people to and from the mainland, and by the influx of immigrant workers from other nations. Distinguished economists Francisco Rivera-Batiz and Carlos Santiago provide the latest data on the socioeconomic status of Puerto Rico today, and examine current conditions within the context of the major trends of the past two decades. Island Paradox describes many improvements in Puerto Rico's standard of living, including rising per-capita income, longer life expectancies, greater educational attainment, and increased job prospects for women. But it also discusses the devastating surge in unemployment. Rapid urbanization and a vanishing agricultural sector have led to severe inequality, as family income has become increasingly dependent on education and geographic location. Although Puerto Rico's close ties to the United States were the major source of the island's economic growth prior to 1970, they have also been at the root of recent hardships. Puerto Rico's trade andbusiness transactions remain predominantly with the United States, but changes in federal tax, social, and budgetary policies, along with international agreements such as NAFTA, now threaten to alter the economic ties between the island and the mainland. Island Paradox reveals the social and family changes that have occurred among Puerto Ricans on the island and the mainland. The significant decline in the island's population growth is traced in part to women's increased pursuit of educational and employment opportunities before marrying. More children are being raised by singleparents, but this stems from a higher divorce rate and not a rise in teenage pregnancy. The widespread circular migration to and from the United States has had strong repercussions for the island's labor markets and social balance, leading to concerns about an island brain drain. The Puerto Rican population in the United States hasbecome increasingly diverse, less regionally concentrated and not, as some have claimed, in danger of becoming an underclass. Within a single generation Puerto Rico has experienced social and economic shifts of an unprecedented magnitude. Island Paradox charts Puerto Rico's economic fortunes, summarizes the major demographic trends, and identifies the issues that will have the strongest bearings on Puerto Rico's prospects for a successful future. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series
Status of Puerto Rico: Legal-constitutional factors in relation to the status of Puerto Rico
Author: United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto RicoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Puerto Rico in the American Century
Author: César J. AyalaPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807895539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Offering a comprehensive overview of Puerto Rico's history and evolution since the installation of U.S. rule, Cesar Ayala and Rafael Bernabe connect the island's economic, political, cultural, and social past. Puerto Rico in the American Century explores Puerto Ricans in the diaspora as well as the island residents, who experience an unusual and daily conundrum: they consider themselves a distinct people but are part of the American political system; they have U.S. citizenship but are not represented in the U.S. Congress; and they live on land that is neither independent nor part of the United States. Highlighting both well-known and forgotten figures from Puerto Rican history, Ayala and Bernabe discuss a wide range of topics, including literary and cultural debates and social and labor struggles that previous histories have neglected. Although the island's political economy remains dependent on the United States, the authors also discuss Puerto Rico's situation in light of world economies. Ayala and Bernabe argue that the inability of Puerto Rico to shake its colonial legacy reveals the limits of free-market capitalism, a break from which would require a renewal of the long tradition of labor and social activism in Puerto Rico in connection with similar currents in the United States.
Political Status of Puerto Rico
Author: Keith BeaPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437934307
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Contents: (1) Recent Developments: 111th, 110th, 109th Congress; Non-Congress. Developments; (2) Background: Early Governance of Puerto Rico (PR); Development of the Const. of PR; Fed. Relations Act; Internat. Attention; Supreme Court Decisions; (3) Status Debates and Votes, 1952-1998: 1967 Plebiscite; 1991 Referendum; 1993 Plebiscite; 1998 Action in the 105th Cong.; 1998 Plebiscite; (4) Fed. Activity After 1998; (5) Issues of Debate on Political Status. Appendices: (A) Brief Chronology of Status Events Since 1898; (B) Puerto Rico Status Votes in Plebiscites and Referenda, 1967-1998; (C)Congress. Activity on Puerto Rico¿s Political Status, 1989-1998; (D) Summary of Legislative Debates and Actions. Tables.