Victoria A Lawson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1473754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria A Lawson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria A |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawson |
| SIGNATURE | LAWSON V A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 228 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Arguments within geographies of movement: The theoretical potential of migrants' stories
In this article, I engage the ways in which migrants' experiences are socially constructed and situated in particular political-economic and cultural contexts in meaningful ways. Drawing on migrants' own stories, I examine the ways in which social relations of gender and ethnicity shape their experiences. The analysis examines the interplay of desires, identities and subjectives in multiple sites in order to understand processes of belonging, exc…
Gender, migration and the organisation of work under economic devolution: Ecuador, 1982-90
This paper focuses on labour force segments defined on the basis of migrant status and gender, in terms of the impact of economic devolution related to structural adjustment policies (SAPs). In this context, gender has received attention primarily since 1990, while the migrant/non-migrant section of the labour force remains to be tackled. Impact is calibrated for labour force segments based on gender, migration status, and both combined. Data rep…
Hierarchical households and gendered migration in Latin America: Feminist extensions to migration research
In this review essay, the author argues that migration theory can be advanced by analyzing gender differences in migration processes. The author brings together feminist empirical work from diverse settings within Latin America in order to illustrate and discuss theoretical extensions to migration research. In particular, the discussion focuses on the centrality of intra-household power relations and dynamics for understanding who migrates, and w…
A Discussion of “Women in the Field”: The Politics of Feminist Fieldwork
(1994). A Discussion of “Women in the Field”: The Politics of Feminist Fieldwork. The Professional Geographer: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 96-102.
Industrial subcontracting and employment forms in Latin America: A framework for contextual analysis
Flexibility and Contingency as Keys to Understanding Industrialization in Latin America
Employment versus empowerment: A case study of the nature of women's work in Ecuador
This research re‐evaluates the female marginalisation thesis through an examination of the changing nature of work in Latin America and of women's incorporation into paid employment. We combine labour market segementation theory, which explains the emergence of low level occupations in terms of capitalist restructuring, with feminist theory, which explains why women become concentrated in inferior positions. We operationalise this reconceptualisa…
Work force fragmentation in Latin America and its empirical manifestations in Ecuador
The Location of Jobs in a Developing Metropolis. Patterns of Growth in Bogota and Cali, Colombia
Spontaneous Shelter: International Perspectives and Prospects
1. Evolution of Third World Shelter Policies Elizabeth Kubale Palmer and Carl V. Patton 2. Geographic Perspectives on Spontaneous Shelter W. Donald McTaggert 3. Spontaneous Settlements as Vernacular Design Amos Rapoport 4. Self-Help Housing Technology David Evan Glasser 5. Environmental Issues in Spontaneous Settlements G. William Page 6. Informal Settlement in Latin America and Its Policy Implications Ernest R. Alexander 7. The Growing Housing C…
Government Policy Biases and Ecuadorian Agricultural Change
This paper examines links between national policy, agricultural production regimes, and regional economic change in Ecuador. Social and spatial policy biases relate to the presence of qualitatively different production structures in Ecuadorian agriculture—distinguished by their social relations of production and articulation into the capitalist economy. I investigate links between policy, agricultural production regime, and regional economic chan…
Rural-destined migration in Third World settings: A neglected phenomenon
This paper 1st reviews earlier research on rural-destined migration in Third World settings, in order to derive generalizations for a topic most often treated in idiosyncratic fashion. Descriptive analysis of all Costa Rican migration flows for 1968-73 then establishes that a surprisingly high proportion are rural directed. Finally, statistical analyses identify differences, in terms of explanatory variables, between urban-and rural-destined migr…
Migration in Third World Settings, Uneven Development, and Conventional Modeling: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This paper examines how an area's development milieu affects the various components of the migration process. After reviewing the literature on migration-development interrelationships, we employ conventional statistical modeling to understand movement among Costa Rican cantons during a five-year period (1968–73). This is done for the country as a whole, enabling cross-national comparisons with earlier studies, and for urban-to-urban, urban-to-ru…
Arguments within geographies of movement: The theoretical potential of migrants' stories
In this article, I engage the ways in which migrants' experiences are socially constructed and situated in particular political-economic and cultural contexts in meaningful ways. Drawing on migrants' own stories, I examine the ways in which social relations of gender and ethnicity shape their experiences. The analysis examines the interplay of desires, identities and subjectives in multiple sites in order to understand processes of belonging, exc…
Hierarchical households and gendered migration in Latin America: Feminist extensions to migration research
In this review essay, the author argues that migration theory can be advanced by analyzing gender differences in migration processes. The author brings together feminist empirical work from diverse settings within Latin America in order to illustrate and discuss theoretical extensions to migration research. In particular, the discussion focuses on the centrality of intra-household power relations and dynamics for understanding who migrates, and w…
Industrial subcontracting and employment forms in Latin America: A framework for contextual analysis
Migration in Third World Settings, Uneven Development, and Conventional Modeling: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This paper examines how an area's development milieu affects the various components of the migration process. After reviewing the literature on migration-development interrelationships, we employ conventional statistical modeling to understand movement among Costa Rican cantons during a five-year period (1968–73). This is done for the country as a whole, enabling cross-national comparisons with earlier studies, and for urban-to-urban, urban-to-ru…
Government Policy Biases and Ecuadorian Agricultural Change
This paper examines links between national policy, agricultural production regimes, and regional economic change in Ecuador. Social and spatial policy biases relate to the presence of qualitatively different production structures in Ecuadorian agriculture—distinguished by their social relations of production and articulation into the capitalist economy. I investigate links between policy, agricultural production regime, and regional economic chan…
Spontaneous Shelter: International Perspectives and Prospects
1. Evolution of Third World Shelter Policies Elizabeth Kubale Palmer and Carl V. Patton 2. Geographic Perspectives on Spontaneous Shelter W. Donald McTaggert 3. Spontaneous Settlements as Vernacular Design Amos Rapoport 4. Self-Help Housing Technology David Evan Glasser 5. Environmental Issues in Spontaneous Settlements G. William Page 6. Informal Settlement in Latin America and Its Policy Implications Ernest R. Alexander 7. The Growing Housing C…
Work force fragmentation in Latin America and its empirical manifestations in Ecuador
Rural-destined migration in Third World settings: A neglected phenomenon
This paper 1st reviews earlier research on rural-destined migration in Third World settings, in order to derive generalizations for a topic most often treated in idiosyncratic fashion. Descriptive analysis of all Costa Rican migration flows for 1968-73 then establishes that a surprisingly high proportion are rural directed. Finally, statistical analyses identify differences, in terms of explanatory variables, between urban-and rural-destined migr…
The Location of Jobs in a Developing Metropolis. Patterns of Growth in Bogota and Cali, Colombia
Rural-destined migration in Third World settings: A neglected phenomenon
This paper 1st reviews earlier research on rural-destined migration in Third World settings, in order to derive generalizations for a topic most often treated in idiosyncratic fashion. Descriptive analysis of all Costa Rican migration flows for 1968-73 then establishes that a surprisingly high proportion are rural directed. Finally, statistical analyses identify differences, in terms of explanatory variables, between urban-and rural-destined migr…
Migration in Third World Settings, Uneven Development, and Conventional Modeling: A Case Study of Costa Rica
This paper examines how an area's development milieu affects the various components of the migration process. After reviewing the literature on migration-development interrelationships, we employ conventional statistical modeling to understand movement among Costa Rican cantons during a five-year period (1968–73). This is done for the country as a whole, enabling cross-national comparisons with earlier studies, and for urban-to-urban, urban-to-ru…
Government Policy Biases and Ecuadorian Agricultural Change
This paper examines links between national policy, agricultural production regimes, and regional economic change in Ecuador. Social and spatial policy biases relate to the presence of qualitatively different production structures in Ecuadorian agriculture—distinguished by their social relations of production and articulation into the capitalist economy. I investigate links between policy, agricultural production regime, and regional economic chan…
Spontaneous Shelter: International Perspectives and Prospects
1. Evolution of Third World Shelter Policies Elizabeth Kubale Palmer and Carl V. Patton 2. Geographic Perspectives on Spontaneous Shelter W. Donald McTaggert 3. Spontaneous Settlements as Vernacular Design Amos Rapoport 4. Self-Help Housing Technology David Evan Glasser 5. Environmental Issues in Spontaneous Settlements G. William Page 6. Informal Settlement in Latin America and Its Policy Implications Ernest R. Alexander 7. The Growing Housing C…
Work force fragmentation in Latin America and its empirical manifestations in Ecuador
The Location of Jobs in a Developing Metropolis. Patterns of Growth in Bogota and Cali, Colombia
Employment versus empowerment: A case study of the nature of women's work in Ecuador
This research re‐evaluates the female marginalisation thesis through an examination of the changing nature of work in Latin America and of women's incorporation into paid employment. We combine labour market segementation theory, which explains the emergence of low level occupations in terms of capitalist restructuring, with feminist theory, which explains why women become concentrated in inferior positions. We operationalise this reconceptualisa…
Industrial subcontracting and employment forms in Latin America: A framework for contextual analysis
Flexibility and Contingency as Keys to Understanding Industrialization in Latin America
A Discussion of “Women in the Field”: The Politics of Feminist Fieldwork
(1994). A Discussion of “Women in the Field”: The Politics of Feminist Fieldwork. The Professional Geographer: Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 96-102.
Gender, migration and the organisation of work under economic devolution: Ecuador, 1982-90
This paper focuses on labour force segments defined on the basis of migrant status and gender, in terms of the impact of economic devolution related to structural adjustment policies (SAPs). In this context, gender has received attention primarily since 1990, while the migrant/non-migrant section of the labour force remains to be tackled. Impact is calibrated for labour force segments based on gender, migration status, and both combined. Data rep…
Hierarchical households and gendered migration in Latin America: Feminist extensions to migration research
In this review essay, the author argues that migration theory can be advanced by analyzing gender differences in migration processes. The author brings together feminist empirical work from diverse settings within Latin America in order to illustrate and discuss theoretical extensions to migration research. In particular, the discussion focuses on the centrality of intra-household power relations and dynamics for understanding who migrates, and w…
Arguments within geographies of movement: The theoretical potential of migrants' stories
In this article, I engage the ways in which migrants' experiences are socially constructed and situated in particular political-economic and cultural contexts in meaningful ways. Drawing on migrants' own stories, I examine the ways in which social relations of gender and ethnicity shape their experiences. The analysis examines the interplay of desires, identities and subjectives in multiple sites in order to understand processes of belonging, exc…
Geography (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Economic geography (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works)