How Do Poor, remote rural Places get Child Care Centers

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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19005191
AutoresT K Rudel (0000-0001-8892-3106, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, autor correspondente), 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
Ano2006
Volume65
Fascículo1
Páginas1-7
Data de publicação2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
EditoraSociety for Applied Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17730/humo.65.1.5l5p15fvrp51cjkr
OpenAlexW2071472521
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências 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