Marina Ariza

VIDA FAMILIAR TRANSNACIONAL EN INMIGRANTES DE MÉXICO Y REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA EN DOS CONTEXTOS DE RECEPCIÓN

Con base en una serie de entrevistas a profundidad realizadas con trabajadoras inmigrantes de Mexico y Republica Dominicana en dos ciudades de inmigracion –Nueva York para las mexicanas y Madrid para las dominicanas–, se exploran las pautas de interaccionen tres dimensiones centrales de la vida familiar: la reproduccion domestica, lamaternidad y el cuidado, y la afectividad. A pesar de las semejanzas en los patrones de interaccion, emergen algunas diferencias en virtud de las disimiles estructuras familiares de los paises de origen, las pautas de la migracion internacional y las politicas migratorias de Espana y Estados Unidos como contextos de recepcion.

Transiciones familiares y trayectorias laborales femeninas en el México urbano

After reviewing main structural transformations leading to increased female economic activity, the paper examines the diversity of female work trajectories in a selected group of urban married women with children, born between 1940 and 1970. Analysis is based on their life histories and takes as its object of inquiry the influence of two central family transitions (marriage and birth of children) in the relative discontinuity of female work trajectories. Discussion suggests a differential influence of such transitions in the discontinuity of work trajectories by social sector, observed in the duration of work interruptions. Sociocultural, demographic and economic factors are used to explain such differences.

A Comparative Approach to Global Domestic Service in Two Cities: Methodological Notes

From a pedagogical approach, this chapter has two objectives: (1) to highlight the usefulness of comparative analysis as a tool for social research in the study of migration; (2) to describe the way this methodological strategy is to be applied in a concrete field of enquiry (global domestic service) as specified in a research project by the author. Comparative analysis has been the preferred methodological option when a small number of cases are being observed. It is based on a series of assumptions and procedures to assure the validity of any inferences made. In the case of migration studies, it offers the advantage of minimizing methodological nationalism. A comparative approach to the study of international domestic service in two countries helps to capture the global nature of this burgeoning female labor market and to identify the institutional and labor regime particularities of each context of reception.