only to Wall Street investors, but South American migrants. “But what qualities make the migrant’s high risk? Authors, Jacqueline Maria Hagan and Seth M. Holmes attempt to answer this question in their works on migrant workers (Hagan 2008; Holmes 2013). In her work, Migration Miracle, Hagan illustrates the coping mechanisms assigned with the migrant’s journey. Likewise, Holmes discusses in his work, Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies, how the migrants are forced to complete such backbreaking labor. Both…
both socially and economically. During the late 20th century, Korea could hardly keep its “Miracle on Han”; in order to survive the competition with foreign goods that came with the economic globalization, Korean companies chose to exploit their workers more than ever. Yet what brought by the socio-cultural globalization was the awareness of democracy and human rights. Influenced by the trend of thought, workers began to fight for their rights. The contrast between economic and socio-cultural…
George struggled to pull that trigger, as he stalled, seeming as if he was waiting for a miracle, anything to keep him from having to kill his best friend, his brother. After trying so hard to protect Lennie, George had no choice but to have to protect him in the most guaranteed way possible; death. George and Lennie had a dream, to live on a…
Chapter 2 - The Private Rented Sector Private renting means housing that is owned by private individual, company or organisation. Private rented sector plays important role in providing accommodation for all sorts of different household and people. There have been increasing in the private rented sector over the past 25 to 30 years. There are now more than 9 million private renters in England. This growth has been particularly rapid since 2001 with the introduction of Buy to Let mortgage finance…
The wonderful concept of humans is that, regardless of what they are told, they will inevitably do whatever they please. Someone that is told to not often increases their desire to do, even if what they are doing is justifiable in their own eyes, it is often received with a negative connotation. Prostitutes do not do what they do out of spite, or as an “I’ll show you!” with an uplifted shaking fist to “the man.” Deeming an occupation “illegal” will cause those who have that particular job to…
as Steinbeck explains what sets humanity apart from all other species—what makes us so different that we can excel and progress. Steinbeck explains that it is our hard work that builds us up, and in this way I believe he alludes to to the migrant workers as if to say that while they deserve fair wages, unions, and better working conditions, their hard work is not required to diminish. The quotation above adopts an almost biblical tone as it speaks of the toils of man, rapturous in its conviction…
Latin American social movements have stimulated silenced divisions of the community including indigenous people, students, LGBT, the unemployed, undereducated and all those who have been excluded from the promised ideal globalized economy. The movements, which include non-violent protests; maintaining culture; and addressing the educational achievement gap have deployed a wide array of strategies and actions which have been outcome oriented. The movements have helped to synthesize old ways of…
Entering the labor market or continuing education beyond a certain point is a very important individual level investment decision. An important determinant of the demand for education is its expected benefits. The benefits depend upon the value of an individual’s labour input, which in turn depends upon the level of education. Hence, the education-wage relationship can be used to measure the returns to schooling. The rural and urban sectors differ widely in terms of the education and employment…
Music is an important cultural aspect of everyday life of people living in northern Mexico and Mexican-Americans within the southern United States. One such type of music that is very popular among these people is cumbia, which is a dance-oriented music style originating from afro-Cuban roots that has spread throughout Latin America and wherever Latin Americans settle. Cumbia has grown from its origins across northern Mexico and the southern United States and plays in important role in the…
women in the developing world come to first world countries and take up low paying jobs such as nannies, maids, and even sex workers. These women leave their entire lives behind to support their families, yet they are still expected to fulfill all the duties of a “superwoman”. This paradigm is demonstrated in Barbara Ehrenreich’s piece, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, which explained the story of Josephine Perera, a nanny from Sri Lanka, who moved to Greece to…