Dissertation Research: Barbadian and American Women as Data Processors in the New International Division of Labor

该论文研究奖将支持一名研究生 人类学研究“粉领”运动 的信息处理产业从城市中心， 美国对加勒比海沿岸地区的影响，以及 巴巴多斯妇女作为数据处理者的这些转变 以及可能面临失业的北美工人。 方法 包括参与观察和有组织面谈， 巴巴多斯和美国的数据处理高管 企业、政治领导人和工人。 数据来自50个样本 巴巴多斯妇女将与相当数量的美国妇女进行比较。 数据处理者的生活和工作经历。 这项研究是重要的，因为美国的重组 工业是现代生活的一个重要事实， 阐明这对双方的工人意味着什么， 围栏--发展中国家从美国获得就业机会， 面对劳动力市场变化的美国工人， 旨在改善社会问题知情的社会政策。

This dissertation research award will support a graduate student in anthropology to study the movement of the "pink collar" sector of the information processing industry from urban centers in the U.S. to off-shore regions of the Caribbean, and the impact of these shifts on Barbadian women incorporated as data processors and North American workers who face possible job losses. Methods include participant observation and structured interviewing, in Barbados and in the US, of executives in the data processing firms, political leaders, and workers. Data form a sample of 50 Barbadian women will be compared to a comparable number of US data processors with respect to their life-and work-histories. This research is important because the restructuring of AMerican industry is a significant fact of modern life, and studies which shed light on what this means for workers on both sides of the fence -- the developing countries receiving jobs from the US and the American workers facing changed labor markets -- can help inform social policy aimed at ameliorating social problems.