Raymond E Wiest
Biographic Data
| ID | 82721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond E Wiest |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond E |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiest |
| SIGNATURE | WIEST R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Transnational Migration, Customary Governance, and the Future of Community
Common-property regimes owned and governed by predominantly indigenous communities are widespread in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The traditional governance systems of these communities are under strain because of transnational migration, which reduces the number of resident adults available to assume public offices and contribute labor to community projects. A study of responses to this situation in two such communities identified adaptations in…
Louise Elizabeth Sweet (1916-2012)
International Migration, Immobility and Development
The Making of a Transnational Community
Familia
Male Migration Machismo, and Conjugal Roles
Migration of married men to the United States provides the primary source of support for an increasing number of Mexican rural families. Extensive research in a rural Mexican mestizo municipio provides firm evidence that migratory married men continue to fulfill traditional familial obligations associated with their gender and even provide for household comforts leading to a rise in social status. Conjugal families are maintained but women’s depe…
Rural-Urban Migration and Development Policy
Measuring Peasant Attitudes to Modernization
A photographic test for attitude measurement (PHOTAM) based on the projective principle provides an effective means for evaluating objectively as well as subjectively attitude profiles of modernizing peasants as demonstrated in a study of agricultural change in Campeche, Mexico. PHOTAM involves ten steps: (1) reconnaissance to provide an empathetic overview of the peasant group, (2) a priori selection of attitudes postulated for resolving the res…
Ethnology
On the Expectation of Reciprocity
Wage-Labor Migration and the Household in a Mexican Town
This study of wage-labor migration and its relation to household composition and economics is based on a sample of 70 households in a central Mexican town. Specific types of migration are linked to job locations within Mexico or the United States and to the amount and reliability of remittances. The latter two factors are critical in determining the impact of labor migration on the household. New facets of the association of female household head…
Wage-Labor Migration and the Household in a Mexican Town
This study of wage-labor migration and its relation to household composition and economics is based on a sample of 70 households in a central Mexican town. Specific types of migration are linked to job locations within Mexico or the United States and to the amount and reliability of remittances. The latter two factors are critical in determining the impact of labor migration on the household. New facets of the association of female household head…
Transnational Migration, Customary Governance, and the Future of Community
Common-property regimes owned and governed by predominantly indigenous communities are widespread in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The traditional governance systems of these communities are under strain because of transnational migration, which reduces the number of resident adults available to assume public offices and contribute labor to community projects. A study of responses to this situation in two such communities identified adaptations in…
Male Migration Machismo, and Conjugal Roles
Migration of married men to the United States provides the primary source of support for an increasing number of Mexican rural families. Extensive research in a rural Mexican mestizo municipio provides firm evidence that migratory married men continue to fulfill traditional familial obligations associated with their gender and even provide for household comforts leading to a rise in social status. Conjugal families are maintained but women’s depe…
Measuring Peasant Attitudes to Modernization
A photographic test for attitude measurement (PHOTAM) based on the projective principle provides an effective means for evaluating objectively as well as subjectively attitude profiles of modernizing peasants as demonstrated in a study of agricultural change in Campeche, Mexico. PHOTAM involves ten steps: (1) reconnaissance to provide an empathetic overview of the peasant group, (2) a priori selection of attitudes postulated for resolving the res…
Louise Elizabeth Sweet (1916-2012)
International Migration, Immobility and Development
Wage-Labor Migration and the Household in a Mexican Town
This study of wage-labor migration and its relation to household composition and economics is based on a sample of 70 households in a central Mexican town. Specific types of migration are linked to job locations within Mexico or the United States and to the amount and reliability of remittances. The latter two factors are critical in determining the impact of labor migration on the household. New facets of the association of female household head…
On the Expectation of Reciprocity
Measuring Peasant Attitudes to Modernization
A photographic test for attitude measurement (PHOTAM) based on the projective principle provides an effective means for evaluating objectively as well as subjectively attitude profiles of modernizing peasants as demonstrated in a study of agricultural change in Campeche, Mexico. PHOTAM involves ten steps: (1) reconnaissance to provide an empathetic overview of the peasant group, (2) a priori selection of attitudes postulated for resolving the res…
Ethnology
Rural-Urban Migration and Development Policy
Male Migration Machismo, and Conjugal Roles
Migration of married men to the United States provides the primary source of support for an increasing number of Mexican rural families. Extensive research in a rural Mexican mestizo municipio provides firm evidence that migratory married men continue to fulfill traditional familial obligations associated with their gender and even provide for household comforts leading to a rise in social status. Conjugal families are maintained but women’s depe…
Familia
The Making of a Transnational Community
International Migration, Immobility and Development
Louise Elizabeth Sweet (1916-2012)
Transnational Migration, Customary Governance, and the Future of Community
Common-property regimes owned and governed by predominantly indigenous communities are widespread in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The traditional governance systems of these communities are under strain because of transnational migration, which reduces the number of resident adults available to assume public offices and contribute labor to community projects. A study of responses to this situation in two such communities identified adaptations in…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)