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Uneven Development and the Transnational Involvement of Nicaraguan Immigrant Organizations in South Florida

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  • Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez

    (Complutense University of Madrid)

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This paper offers the results of the first comprehensive study on Nicaraguan immigrant organizations in Miami Dade County.1 It identifies a total of eighty one Nicaraguan immigrant organizations which have been founded in different periods since 1980s and focuses on forty organizations which are currently active. This study resulted in the elaboration of an inventory of the organizations and a description of some of their main characteristics such as the years in which they were formed and goals; whether they are formally registered; major characteristics of the leaders of the organizations and the members related to class, gender, ethnicity, regions of origin, social networking, and individual attributes related to leadership; and the characteristics of their engagement in Miami-Dade County and in localities and communities in Nicaragua.

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  • Margarita Cervantes-Rodriguez, 2012. "Uneven Development and the Transnational Involvement of Nicaraguan Immigrant Organizations in South Florida," Working Papers 1409, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Migration and Development..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:cmgdev:2012-01nicaragua
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    Keywords

    Nicaragua; Florida;

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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