Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Globalization and Local Effects in Sending Communities

研究生Mary A. Scott将在Mary K. Anglin博士的指导下，对全球化进程和国际不平等之间的关系进行研究。社会科学家观察到，跨国移民可能对已经处于不利地位的人产生负面影响。通常，重点是移徙者，而不是留在原社区的人。在这个项目中，斯科特将探索跨国移民在当地一级对移民社区的影响。她的研究将集中在墨西哥南部韦拉克鲁斯州的妇女健康状况上，在过去十年里，这个州的跨国移民急剧增加。斯科特将采用多方面、混合方法的研究策略。她将采访妇女和卫生保健提供者，构建案例研究，并进行参与性观察。访谈将侧重于家庭迁移状况、社会经济地位、家庭健康、妇女对家庭经济的参与以及妇女的社会网络资源。个案研究将包括对选定的妇女进行更深入的后续访谈和对其家庭的参与观察。与社区保健提供者的访谈和参与性观察将有助于了解妇女面临的常见健康问题。这个项目的新颖之处在于它把重点放在全球化对原籍社区产生影响的地方一级进程上。它将特别为关注跨国移徙对健康的影响的研究人员提供信息，但它也将有助于建立一个关于国际移徙和全球化进程的更完整的社会科学理论。此外，该奖项对社会科学家的教育也有重要的贡献。

Graduate student Mary A. Scott, under the direction of Dr. Mary K. Anglin, will undertake research on the relationship between globalization processes and international inequalities. Social scientists have observed that transnational migration may negatively affect people who already are disadvantaged. Typically, the focus is on those who migrate rather than the those who remain in the communities from which they come. In this project, Scott will will undertake an exploration of the effects of transnational migration at the local level in a sending community. Her research will focus on women's health outcomes in southern Veracruz, Mexico, a state which has seen a steep increase in transnational migration in the last ten years. Scott will employ a multi-faceted, mixed-methods research strategy. She will interview both women and health care providers, construct case studies, and carry out participant observation. Interviews will focus on household migration status, socioeconomic status, household health, women's involvement in the household economy, and women's social network resources. Case studies will include more intensive, follow-up interviews with selected women and participant observation in their households. Interviews and participant observation with community health care providers will aid in understanding the common health issues that women face. This project is novel in its focus on the local-level processes through which globalization affects communities of origin. It will inform researchers who are concerned with the impact of transnational migration on health, in particular, but it also will help to building a more complete social science theory of international migration and globalization processes. In addition, this award contributes significantly to the education of social scientist.