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151. Publications & Writing
Documenting Uncertain Times: Post-graduate Transitions of the Academically Adrift Cohort
This report describes the post-college transitions of college graduates originally profiled in the highly discussed book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (2011). Despite having successfully completed four-year colleges, the graduates in this ongoing stud…
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152. Publications & Writing
Does/Should Geography Matter for the Discipline of Economics
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153. Publications & Writing
Domesticating the World: African Consumerism and the Genealogies of Globalization (California World History Library)
This book, by 1999 IDRF Fellow Jeremy Prestholdt, destabilizes the idea of globalization as a recent phenomenon driven by Western interests by offering a compelling new perspective on global interconnectivity in the nineteenth century. During an era of broad social and economic c…
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154. Publications & Writing
Drugs, Thugs and Divas: Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America
Latin American soap operas—telenovelas—have found enthusiastic audiences throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as in Egypt, Russia, and China, while Mexican narco-dramas have become highly popular among Latinos in the United States. In this first comprehensive analysis…
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155. Publications & Writing
Economic Implications of Remittances and Migration
The report has two goals. The first is to explore the gains and losses from international migration from the perspective of developing countries, with special attention to the money that migrants send home. The second goal is to consider policy initiatives that could improve the…
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156. Publications & Writing
Economic Interactions of Migrants and Their Households of Origin: Are Women More Reliable Supporters?
Based on an analysis of Thai National Migration Survey data, this paper examines, from a gender perspective, the transfers of money and goods between internal migrants and their households of origin. One of the salient features of internal migration in Thailand is the increasing…
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157. Publications & Writing
Educating Immigrant Youth: Pathways to Mobility and Citizenship in International Perspective
A Special Issue of the Teachers College Record.
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158. Publications & Writing
Education and Labor in Tension: Contemporary Debates about Education in the US Labor Movement
Publication by DPDF 2009 Revitalizing Development Studies Fellow Rebecca Tarlau. This article examines the conflicting visions within the US labor movement about the proper function and implementation of labor education programs, and how educational programs are connected to uni…
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159. Publications & Writing
Efforts for a Nuclear-Free North Korea Are Bearing Fruit
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160. Publications & Writing
Elections in the DRC: The Bemba Surprise
The surprising results of the 2006 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveal the fractious nature of Congolese politics as the country struggles to maintain peace. This Special Report examines the election results and the state of democracy in the DRC by tracing the hi…
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