Jobless Growth in the Dominican Republic [[electronic resource] ] : Disorganization, Precarity, and Livelihoods

• Autore: Krohn-Hansen Christian
• Pubblicazione: Redwood City, : Stanford University Press, 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.209729375
• Soggetto topico: Informal sector (Economics) - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo; Labor market - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo; Labor - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo; Precarious employment - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
• Soggetto geografico: Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) Economic conditions; Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) Social conditions
• Soggetto non controllato: Santo Domingo; capitalism; cities; no labor futures; popular economies; small business; social time; the Global South; the labor concept; urban ethnography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Currency -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1 State against Industry -- 2 Of Violence and Precarity -- 3 The End of the Colmado? -- 4 For Cooperatives -- 5 Jobless Growth, “No Labor” Futures, and the Investigation of Popular Economies -- Afterword: The End of an Era? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Dominican Republic has posted impressive economic growth rates over the past thirty years. Despite this, the generation of new, good jobs has been remarkably weak. How have ordinary and poor Dominicans worked and lived in the shadow of the country's conspicuous growth rates? This book considers this question through an ethnographic exploration of the popular economy in the Dominican capital. Focusing on the city's precarious small businesses, including furniture manufacturers, food stalls, street-corner stores, and savings and credit cooperatives, Krohn-Hansen shows how people make a living, tackle market shifts, and the factors that characterize their relationship to the state and pervasive corruption. Empirically grounded, this book examines the condition of the urban masses in Santo Domingo, offering an original and captivating contribution to the scholarship on popular economic practices, urban changes, and today's Latin America and the Caribbean. This will be essential reading for scholars and policy makers.
• Altri titoli varianti: Jobless Growth in the Dominican Republic
• Titolo autorizzato: Jobless Growth in the Dominican Republic
• ISBN: 1-5036-3157-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910838246603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy