David Karjanen
Biographic Data
| ID | 95926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Karjanen |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Karjanen |
| SIGNATURE | KARJANEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
W orld B ank, the I nternational M onetary F und, and Neoliberalism
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are arguably the two most influential international global economic institutions. Since World War II, both have been central to restricting the global economic system, including trade, economic development, debt service, and macroeconomic policy. Since the 1980s, concerns about these organizations' policies have been raised. Critics lament the harshness of structural adjustment and conditio…
Paradise Plundered
Rethinking Transnationalism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Tracing informal and illicit flows after socialism
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the linkages between formal/informal and licit/illicit flows of goods in the post‐socialist economy in order to better understand and provide an analysis of both sides of these economic practices. Design/methodology/approach Research over 20 months in Slovakia, between 2000 and 2007, included surveys of retailers of goods, households and firms who buy and sell contraband, and ethnographic research w…
Less Documented” Immigrants and the Changing U.S. Economy
Research on immigrant and undocumented migrant workers in the United States tends to overlook the range of legal and various other barriers to employment that such workers face in the U.S. labor market.This paper proposes the category "less documented" worker to reflect a broader spectrum of employment barriers for immigrant workers.Drawing on a participatory research project with less documented workers in Southern California, this study describ…
The Crash of 2008 and What It Means
Opposition to the Living Wage
In this analysis my aim is to further a line of inquiry into the cultural logics surrounding the ways that people conceptualize work, worth, and the compensation of labor. By analyzing public attitudes towards wage floor policies such as the living wage, ethnographers can contribute to the broader effort at dismantling the naturalized cultural logic of neoliberalism regarding progressive economic policies, specifically living wages. I conclude th…
Gender, Race, and Nationality in the Making of Mexican Migrant Labor in the United States
Gender ideologies and race and nationality among employers and employees are important in reproducing migrant Mexican workers' status in a segmented U.S. labor market. A survey of 110 employers combined with interviews shows how gender, race, and nationality are reproduced within and outside of the workplace. Employers prefer Mexican workers because of what they feel is a stronger work ethic among recent immigrants, but these preferences are infl…
Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology
The New Economy and Transforming Employment Relations
The State of Working America 2004/2005 . Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. The Betrayal of Work: How Low‐Wage Jobs Fail 35 Million Americans . Beth Shulman. New York: The New Press, 2003. Low‐Wage America: How Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace . Eileen Appelbaum, Richard J. Murnane, and Annette Bernhardt, editors. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. The Wor…
Opposition to the Living Wage
In this analysis my aim is to further a line of inquiry into the cultural logics surrounding the ways that people conceptualize work, worth, and the compensation of labor. By analyzing public attitudes towards wage floor policies such as the living wage, ethnographers can contribute to the broader effort at dismantling the naturalized cultural logic of neoliberalism regarding progressive economic policies, specifically living wages. I conclude th…
The Crash of 2008 and What It Means
Gender, Race, and Nationality in the Making of Mexican Migrant Labor in the United States
Gender ideologies and race and nationality among employers and employees are important in reproducing migrant Mexican workers' status in a segmented U.S. labor market. A survey of 110 employers combined with interviews shows how gender, race, and nationality are reproduced within and outside of the workplace. Employers prefer Mexican workers because of what they feel is a stronger work ethic among recent immigrants, but these preferences are infl…
Rethinking Transnationalism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Tracing informal and illicit flows after socialism
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the linkages between formal/informal and licit/illicit flows of goods in the post‐socialist economy in order to better understand and provide an analysis of both sides of these economic practices. Design/methodology/approach Research over 20 months in Slovakia, between 2000 and 2007, included surveys of retailers of goods, households and firms who buy and sell contraband, and ethnographic research w…
The New Economy and Transforming Employment Relations
The State of Working America 2004/2005 . Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. The Betrayal of Work: How Low‐Wage Jobs Fail 35 Million Americans . Beth Shulman. New York: The New Press, 2003. Low‐Wage America: How Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace . Eileen Appelbaum, Richard J. Murnane, and Annette Bernhardt, editors. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003. The Wor…
Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology
Gender, Race, and Nationality in the Making of Mexican Migrant Labor in the United States
Gender ideologies and race and nationality among employers and employees are important in reproducing migrant Mexican workers' status in a segmented U.S. labor market. A survey of 110 employers combined with interviews shows how gender, race, and nationality are reproduced within and outside of the workplace. Employers prefer Mexican workers because of what they feel is a stronger work ethic among recent immigrants, but these preferences are infl…
The Crash of 2008 and What It Means
Opposition to the Living Wage
In this analysis my aim is to further a line of inquiry into the cultural logics surrounding the ways that people conceptualize work, worth, and the compensation of labor. By analyzing public attitudes towards wage floor policies such as the living wage, ethnographers can contribute to the broader effort at dismantling the naturalized cultural logic of neoliberalism regarding progressive economic policies, specifically living wages. I conclude th…
Tracing informal and illicit flows after socialism
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the linkages between formal/informal and licit/illicit flows of goods in the post‐socialist economy in order to better understand and provide an analysis of both sides of these economic practices. Design/methodology/approach Research over 20 months in Slovakia, between 2000 and 2007, included surveys of retailers of goods, households and firms who buy and sell contraband, and ethnographic research w…
Less Documented” Immigrants and the Changing U.S. Economy
Research on immigrant and undocumented migrant workers in the United States tends to overlook the range of legal and various other barriers to employment that such workers face in the U.S. labor market.This paper proposes the category "less documented" worker to reflect a broader spectrum of employment barriers for immigrant workers.Drawing on a participatory research project with less documented workers in Southern California, this study describ…
Rethinking Transnationalism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Paradise Plundered
W orld B ank, the I nternational M onetary F und, and Neoliberalism
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are arguably the two most influential international global economic institutions. Since World War II, both have been central to restricting the global economic system, including trade, economic development, debt service, and macroeconomic policy. Since the 1980s, concerns about these organizations' policies have been raised. Critics lament the harshness of structural adjustment and conditio…
Economics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)