Mobile livelihoods: The sociocultural practices of circular migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States
Mobile livelihoods: The sociocultural practices of circular migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1747-7379.2002.tb00085.x
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发表时间：
2002-06-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Duany, J
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作者：
Duany, J
这篇文章的重点是波多黎各和美国之间的双边人口流动--即所谓的循环、通勤或旋转门移民。报告根据最近对波多黎各与大陆之间人口流动的实地研究，记录了移民的谋生做法。具体而言，多个搬家公司，一次性搬家公司和nonmovers居住在波多黎各的基本特征进行了比较。更广泛地说，这篇文章评估了循环移民对岛上和岛外波多黎各社区的影响。作者的基本论点是，人们不断流离失所-往返于该岛-模糊了领土、语言和文化。波多黎各的法律边界。随着人们在空间上扩展他们的生存手段，他们对不同的地方产生了多重依恋。在波多黎各的情况下，这种移动的生计比在其他地方更容易建立，因为该岛和大陆之间的劳动力和资本自由流动。作者假设，对于大多数波多黎各人来说，流通并不会造成人力资本的重大损失，而是往往构成职业，教育和语言资产。
This article focuses on the bilateral flow of people between Puerto Rico and the United States - what has come to be known as circular, commuter, or revolving-door migration. It documents the migrants' livelihood practices based on a recent field study of population flows between Puerto Rico and the mainland. Specifically, the basic characteristics of multiple movers, one-time movers and nonmovers residing in Puerto Rico are compared. More broadly, the article assesses the implications of circular migration for Puerto Rican communities on and off the island. The author's basic argument is that the constant displacement of people - both to and from the island - blurs the territorial, linguistic, and. juridical boundaries of the Puerto Rican nation. As people expand their means of subsistence across space, they develop multiple attachments to various localities. In the Puerto Rican situation, such mobile livelihoods are easier to establish than in other places because of the free movement of labor and capital between the island and the mainland. The author hypothesizes that circulation does not entail major losses in human capital for most Puerto Ricans, but rather often constitutes an occupational, educational, and linguistic asset.