Globalization and Free Trade Agreements

A Profile of a Nicaraguan Factory Community

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6076798
AutoresWendy Sellers Campbell (Winthrop University), Idania Lisette Lainez Hernández (National Autonomous University of Nicaragua), Jessica Ceremuga (Winthrop University), Hallie Farmer (Winthrop University)
Año2010
Volumen18
Número4
Páginas440-457
Fecha de publicación2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705422.2010.519223
OpenAlexW2045878667
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas24

This study examines a Nicaraguan community 3 years after the signing of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to learn how families, living in a community constructed near a US-owned factory, maintained resilience under growing negative conditions. These conditions relate to family dislocation, loss of support systems, lack of childcare, safe water, and food security, in addition to labor injustices. Although maintaining relatively high scores on a baseline resilience test, these families and others like them in Central America, demonstrate a struggle for survival in a globalized context

Business · Factory (object-oriented programming · Free trade · Globalization · International trade · Political science · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Resilience and Mental Health