NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b007
Estefanía Cruz
{"title":"Young Immigrants’ Association and the Future Latino Leadership in the U.S.: Dreamers’ Social Capital and Political Engagement","authors":"Estefanía Cruz","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b007","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work analyzes Dreamers’ political participation as a civic association movement, as well as their pathway for social change in the U.S. The article reflects on their social capital and the challenges facing them to explain the possible scenarios for a movement that has politicized a considerable number of contemporary young U.S. Americans. The aim is to complement the existing work in the field, contributing with explanations grounded in political sociology approaches, focused on the politicization of undocumented youth, the analysis of minority association, the influence and leadership of the movement, and, especially, Dreamers’ opportunities and challenges in U.S. politics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 165-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116684808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b006
Roberto Zepeda
{"title":"Determinantes del declive sindical en Estados Unidos","authors":"Roberto Zepeda","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b006","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article examines the decline of unions in the United States from 1980 to 2015, using the unionization rate as the main indicator to measure how much of the employed work force is unionized. The analytical framework used classifies the most important factors of this decline into the cyclical, the structural, and the political-institutional. In addition, the author contrasts the U.S. trends in union density with those of other developed countries, noting an important divergence. The decline in the U.S. was determined more by the institutions that regulate the labor system than by economic globalization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 139-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"110486166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b009
Ruth A. Dávila Figueroa
{"title":"El circuito de los signos. Una introducción a los estudios culturales","authors":"Ruth A. Dávila Figueroa","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b009","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 221-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126011055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b003
Óscar Misael Hernández
{"title":"Riesgos en la migración irregular de menores mexicanos a Estados Unidos","authors":"Óscar Misael Hernández","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b003","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article reports partial results of an anthropological study of Mexican minor migrants repatriated from the United States across the Tamaulipas/Texas border. The author’s aim is to analyze some of the potential risks these young people face on their journey. The study is based on documentary sources and interviews with male and female teens between the ages of 14 and 17 from Southern and Central Mexico, who were housed at a Tamaulipas Center for the Care of Border Minors. Specifically, the study deals with risks such as being the possible victims of the region’s organized crime, contacting <em>coyotes</em> (human smugglers), being taken by them to “safe houses,” crossing the Rio Grande, and, finally, being detained by Border Patrol agents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 63-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131363287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b005
María Teresa Gutiérrez Haces , Adelina Quintero Sánchez
{"title":"Hacia la construcción de un régimen internacional de protección a la inversión extranjera","authors":"María Teresa Gutiérrez Haces , Adelina Quintero Sánchez","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b005","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, the authors present a holistic vision of the evolution and transformation of the international regime for investment seen through the prism of international relations. Although currently it is not backed by any multinational organization, the current regimen is derived from the norms emanating from different agreements on investment and the extensive participation of nations in those accords. This international regime has gone through different stages and is now at a crucial point in its development because it is facing very strong criticism of its main tenets, with the particular participation of developing countries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 109-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132477925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b004
Alexandre Beaudoin Duquette
{"title":"Propaganda, ventaja competitiva y seguridad nacional: elementos para una contextualización crítica del multiculturalismo canadiense","authors":"Alexandre Beaudoin Duquette","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b004","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article contributes elements for a critique of Canadian multiculturalism that takes into account the concerns of the Latin American Diasporas established in Canada. The author argues that it is necessary to understand how three aspects are incorporated into this policy: propaganda, the aspiration to turn the country’s cultural diversity into a competitive advantage, and the concern for national security. To understand this, the ideology that orients Canada’s immigration and cultural diversity policies must be put in perspective.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 85-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124008490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b002
Carmen Henne-Ochoa
{"title":"To Emigrate or Not to Emigrate: A Sociocultural Understanding Of Mexican Professionals’ Logic of (Im)mobility","authors":"Carmen Henne-Ochoa","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b002","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Languishing labor market conditions throughout Latin America, along with pull factors in countries such as the United States, point to continued and increased skilled migration from Latin America. The outflow of well-educated Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Peruvians, Venezuelans, Brazilians, and Mexicans in search of better incomes and career opportunities is well noted. Yet, important qualitative differences exist in terms of who does —and, important in this context who <em>does not</em>— emigrate and <em>why</em>? Drawing on interview data with Mexican professionals in Mexico City, in this article I suggest that social network theory is insufficient for understanding skilled migration from Mexico. Focusing on those who stay behind, I offer instead a sociocultural framework, one that emphasizes individuals’ own discursive renderings and that acknowledges that individuals’ decisions <em>not</em> to migrate are rooted in class-based dispositions, cultural beliefs, and social practices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 31-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124417509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-07-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.b008
Valeria Marina Valle
{"title":"An Assessment of Canada’s Healthcare System Weighing Achievements and Challenges","authors":"Valeria Marina Valle","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.b008","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.b008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Canada’s healthcare system has gained great support in the country, but at the same time has sparked a big debate over its main challenges and sustainability. This article weighs both positive and negative aspects of the healthcare system, known as Medicare. It has three sections: the first presents a theoretical framework based on the political economy of healthcare, and a historical context, where the origins of Medicare are addressed. The second part assesses Medicare’s main achievements, and the third analyzes the system’s main challenges.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 2","pages":"Pages 193-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.b008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134522238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a006
Eduardo Torre-Cantalapiedra , Jorge A. Schiavon
{"title":"Actuar o no actuar: un análisis comparativo del rol de los estados de Chiapas y Arizona en la gestión de la inmigración*","authors":"Eduardo Torre-Cantalapiedra , Jorge A. Schiavon","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20999/nam.2016.a006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Setting immigration policy is reserved for the federal government in both Mexico and the United States. However, <em>de facto</em>, the states in both countries carry out certain immigration policies. Chiapas and Arizona have both faced challenges in this area. The government of Arizona has followed an anti-immigrant logic, while the government of Chiapas has focused on the defense of migrants’ human rights. The aim of this article is to understand the practically opposite roles played by these two states in managing immigration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 159-189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90011106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NorteamericaPub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.20999/nam.2016.a004
Sandra Luz Albicker , Laura Velasco
{"title":"Deportación y estigma en la frontera México-Estados Unidos: atrapados en Tijuana","authors":"Sandra Luz Albicker , Laura Velasco","doi":"10.20999/nam.2016.a004","DOIUrl":"10.20999/nam.2016.a004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deportations from the interior of the United States have transformed the image of success associated with migrants. This article uses a survey, in-depth interviews, and newspaper and magazine documentation from 2013 and 2014 to analyze the stigma linked to a certain kind of deportee: those living on the streets in Tijuana. For them, the border is a liminal territory where the precariousness associated with poverty, violence, and transnational mobility is sharpened by the day-to-day discourses and practices of criminalization and discrimination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":37648,"journal":{"name":"Norteamerica","volume":"11 1","pages":"Pages 99-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.20999/nam.2016.a004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114929463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}