Poverty and Mobility in Low-status Minorities: The Cuban Case in International Perspective
2001; Elsevier BV; Volume: 29; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0305-750x(01)00058-4
ISSN1873-5991
Autores Tópico(s)Social Policy and Reform Studies
ResumoAbstract The paper traces the mobility experience of four low-status, hard-core minorities. It also addresses how governments and others attempt to close their poverty/status gap and with what success. Progress to socioeconomic parity has been uneven: nearly complete for Cuba's blacks (but perhaps now regressing); at an early stage for India's Dalits (“untouchables”); advanced but incomplete for Japan's Burakumin and US blacks. Analysis in the paper indicates how Cuba succeeded where other countries have not, and informs the speculation as to whether interracial equality can persist as Cuba becomes more market-oriented. The four-variable model underpins the analysis and integrates human capital theory with economic, sociological and historical theorizing.
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