Edwin Melendez

The bright side of the 1980s, or the "Hispanic decade," as it was dubbed early on, may ironically turn out to be the detail and sophistication with which the economic and social reversals affecting most Latinos in this period have been tracked, with a fresh cohort of Latino scholars playing an incre...

The bright side of the 1980s, or the "Hispanic decade," as it was dubbed early on, may ironically turn out to be the detail and sophistication with which the economic and social reversals affecting most Latinos in this period have been tracked, with a fresh cohort of Latino scholars playing an incre...

The State of Puerto Ricans, 2013 collects in a single report the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report presents a picture of endurance and res...

A new millennium, with new realities. The demographic and socioeconomic profile of Puerto Ricans has changed dramatically. In less than a decade, the Puerto Rican population living in the U.S. has surpassed those living in Puerto Rico. The migration wave of the past decade rivals the magnitude of th...

Most people in the Caribbean are poor and the economies of their countries, shaped by colonizing powers, remain highly dependent on international markets. This book examines the region's disastrous experience in the 1980s, when sharp declines resulted from the debt crisis and the poor performance of...

This digital document, covering the life and work of Edwin Melendez, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 572 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry f...

A collection of essays exposing and attacking misconceptions and ignorance regarding the role of the U.S. and other local issues in the context of the broader Puerto Rican struggle for self-determination.

During the 1990s, several factors led to the emergence of a new breed of labor market intermediaries (LMIs). The growing demand for workers, the effects of welfare reform, and the revamping of federal employment and training programs under the Workforce Investment Act led LMIs to become more active,...