República Dominicana

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• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Political clientelism and poverty

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  13 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  In May 2006, after voting in the congressional elections, my family and I went up to visit some relatives up in the mountains just south of Rio San Juan. There we played dominoes and were preparing a sancocho, when my cousin walked in very proudly telling us that she had just gotten RD$500 for voting for the PLD. I was shocked, to say the least, but my relatives went on to tell me that it was not uncommon for all the parties to give out money and other material benefits for votes or joining (...)

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Discrimination, Oppression, and Identity in Dominican Society

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  11 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  I have been meaning to write an article about identity and oppression for a while, because I think that by exploring these concepts we can identify some aspects of our political system that maintain the public divided, uneducated, and complacent. When the word “discrimination” is mentioned in the DR, most people REACT by shifting the issue to anti-Haitian movements. Let me start by saying, even if Haitian immigration were not vilify as THE MAJOR problem in the DR, or even if we didn’t have (...)

• Opinion

  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Santo Domingo: not Paris, not even La Vega!

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  6 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  I just got back from a trip to Paris, where I spent a week in meetings about a research project I am conducting on Migration and Political Transnationalism. But mostly, the trip was an excuse to tour around this majestic city. I walked and enjoyed all the public amenities that Paris and cities like it have to offer. Despite this not being my first time in Paris, I found myself amazed at the importance politicians give to the public sphere.
  The Parisian and French governments have invested (...)

• Opinion

  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Political Culture, Institutions and Politics

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  4 February 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  My father is one of the best drivers I know. He is very observant of driving rules in our home town of Cabrera and when he goes to NY; but in Santo Domingo, all bets are off! He drives like a maniac. This anecdote shows the power of both political culture and institutions on our behavior. My dad behaves differently in Santo Domingo because there is, seemingly, a different culture and set of institutions than in our small town or NY.
  Many theorists claim that culture and political systems (...)

• Opinion

  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Criticism is Easy: Political Discourse in the 2008 Dominican Presidential Election

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  31 January 2008, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  This past weekend, I invested some time in trying to figure out if any of the three leading presidential candidates had a coherent list of political positions and/or policy program that they would support, if elected. I could only find a 2004 PLD document which excellently detailed the PLD’s policy goals for 2004 to 2008. In that document the PLD outlined a whole slate of economic, social, environmental, infrastructure industrial policies. I congratulate the PLD for such a wonderful (...)

• REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Las dos caras del Gobierno dominicano con respecto a Haití

  Wooldy Edson Louidor, Alterpresse

  29 de mayo de 2007, puesto en línea por Manuela Garza Ascencio

  Alterpresse - El reto de conciliar los discursos “fraternos” en el ámbito internacional con los hechos a nivel interno.
  La comparación entre los discursos “fraternos” sobre Haití que han hecho las autoridades dominicanas en el ámbito internacional y sus prácticas discriminatorias en contra de las y los migrantes haitianos y sus descendientes al interior de la República Dominicana revela muchas contradicciones.
  Las personas que han sacado a la luz pública estas contradicciones han sido (...)

• A Step Away From Clientelism

  CENTRAL AMERICA - CAFTA and the U.S. Patron-Client Relationship with Dominican Republic and Central America

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta (New School for Social Research)

  24 May 2007, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  Abstract
  Patron-client relationships have detrimental implications on the socioeconomic development of communities. In this paper, I study the patron-client relationship between the U.S. and Central America and present a conceptual framework that suggests that the existence of a patron-client relationship 1) increases competition, 2) reduces social trust and collective action, and 3) is detrimental to its prospective regional socioeconomic development. I also review CAFTA and claim that (...)

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Building Trans-migrant Citizenship: International Migration and Political Transnationalism

  Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta (New School for Social Research)

  15 May 2007, posted by Edward D. Gonzalez-Acosta

  Abstract
  The central questions of this paper are: How is the concept of citizenship and nationality of labor exporting countries being expanded to incorporate their migrants living abroad? Through which political and cultural mechanisms is this occurring? And how is this process evident in the case of the Dominican Republic and its migrants living in the U.S.? To address these questions, I adopt a transnational model to the study of migration and political integration– instead of the more (...)

• REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA - Contaminantes por aire y suelo

  Diógenes Pina, IPS

  5 de febrero de 2007, puesto en línea por Manuela Garza Ascencio

  IPS - Desde los cerros de Paraíso de Dios las chimeneas delatan un complejo industrial que se levanta imponente en las proximidades del mar Caribe dominicano. Una empresa tras otra, como en hileras, hasta sobrepasar el centenar.
  Según estudios, la constelación de empresas, que fueron instaladas sin observar reglas ambientales, es la responsable de que Bajos de Haina esté catalogado como una de las diez localidades más contaminadas del mundo, según el Instituto Blacksmith, con sede en Nueva York. (...)

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