How Do Poor, remote rural Places get Child Care Centers

Patriarchy, Out-migration, and Political Opportunities in the Ecuadorian amazon

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19005191
AutoresT K Rudel (0000-0001-8892-3106, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, autor de correspondencia), Thomas Rudel, Diane Bates, Diane C Bates (0000-0001-7587-4560, College of New Jersey), Susan L Golbeck (Relay Graduate School of Education), Susan Golbeck
Año2006
Volumen65
Número1
Páginas1-7
Fecha de publicación2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
EditorialSociety for Applied Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17730/humo.65.1.5l5p15fvrp51cjkr
OpenAlexW2071472521
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas7

Male out-migration from poor, rural areas of the South has often been conceptualized as a process of social erosion in which rural communities lose potential leaders to urban areas and in so doing become less able to assert their interests in larger political arenas. We argue that the departure of middle-aged, labor migrating men from these communities represents a political opportunity for the middle-aged women who remain behind in the village to care for children. We illustrate this argument through a case study of the changing patterns of female political activism after male out-migration from a small community in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The case study lends credence to the political opportunity thesis. The policy implications of this finding are briefly explored

Amazon rainforest · Economic growth · Economics · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare