Racial Democracy and Nationalism in Panama

Guerrón-Montero, Carla

doi:10.2307/20456595

Cited by 19 publications

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“…The unusually high ranking of dark skin in Panama and Honduras underscores the importance of understanding country-specific histories of how color interacts with social status. The relative advantage of darker skin in these contexts follows in part from selective West-Indian (Afro-Antillean) migration for jobs involving large-scale, transnational enterprises, including the Panama Canal Company and the United Fruit Company (Andrews 1997;Guerrón-Montero 2006). These contrasting cases aside, the overarching pattern is that color hierarchy is a significant aspect of inequality across the Americas, and the United States is no exception.…”

Section: Skin Color Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas

Bailey¹,

Saperstein²,

Penner³

2014

DemRes

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Section: Skin Color Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas

Bailey¹,

Saperstein²,

Penner³

2014

DemRes

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“…This created harmful shifts in power, as Black and Indigenous individuals were often exploited and marginalized through the imposition of a globally capitalistic system (Amin, 1978). While small-scale operations remain (now Chiquita Brands International), the UFC's presence in the archipelago declined greatly by 1990 due to war, crop diseases, and labour losses (as a result of poor pay and working conditions) (Guerroń-Montero, 2006), making way for a burgeoning tourism industry by the 2000s, as many large-scale housing developments were left vacant and global interest in the region increased following the 1991 earthquake.…”

Section: Bocas Del Toro Panamamentioning

confidence: 99%

Local perspectives on marine ecotourism development in a water-insecure island region: the case of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Kim,

Scott,

Swartz

2024

Front. Mar. Sci.

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As a dimension of a blue economy, marine ecotourism should, in theory, not only increase economic viability and environmental sustainability but, most importantly, pursue socially equitable outcomes. In tropical and sub-tropical island regions, where substantial tourism development is often coupled with widespread strains on public infrastructure and services, including water access, there exists a need to better understand the expansion of this industry is felt at the community level; more importantly by individuals who are reliant on these infrastructures and services. Through a case study of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, where water insecurity is becoming acute, we draw on and mobilize stories from local community members, alongside non-participant observations and document collection, to 1) document the experience of some community members with water insecurity and shortages, including how they perceive the roles played by the central government and marine ecotourism sector, and 2) examine how community members feel about how communities feel about policies and investment priorities of the central government regarding water insecurity, including the extent to which they view marine ecotourism development as undermining or promoting local needs. Our results underline the complex nature of marine ecotourism governance and infrastructure development outcomes in a resource-insecure island region, demonstrating that current issues are greatly impacted by historical and social underpinnings of neo-colonialism and systemic racism, misalignments of community vs. government development priorities, and eroded political trust, that shape local experiences with sustainable development and local residents’ perceptions of the ability of marine ecotourism to address issues of water insecurity. Moreover, while our focus is on the marine ecotourism industry, the significance of these findings contributes to a growing body of literature that places local experiences at the forefront of research into the implications of sustainable development in island regions.

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“…African Caribbeans in Colón Island have also witnessed a revitalisation of some of their cultural traditions as a result of the tourist industry, such as quadrille dances, calypso and local cuisine, but to a lesser degree (Guerrón Montero, 2003, 2004, 2006a). Unlike in Carriacou, where tourism has played a secondary role in Kayak cultural production, the renaissance of African Caribbean identities has been powerfully mediated by tourism in Colón Island.…”

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“…These evolving images of Caribbeanness and blackness do not translate into economic and social improvements for African Latin Americans or other minorities. Social and racial hierarchies have not been destabilised by these ethnic‐centred tourism policies (Guerrón Montero, 2006a).…”

Section: Constructing Paradisementioning

confidence: 99%

On Tourism and the Constructions of ‘Paradise Islands’ in Central America and the Caribbean

Montero

2010

Bull Latin American Res

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A comparative perspective of the tourism industry in the islands of Colón, Panama and Carriacou, Grenada is presented in this article. The islands have long histories of association with colonial powers, coupled with more recent histories of ‘discovery’ as tourist destinations. The historical constructions of ‘paradise islands' and the appropriation of tourism for nation‐building purposes in these territories are analysed. The discussion assesses the underlying reasons for the differing responses by African Caribbean populations toward tourism development, in spite of similar colonial and postcolonial histories.

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Racial Democracy and Nationalism in Panama

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas

Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas

Local perspectives on marine ecotourism development in a water-insecure island region: the case of Bocas del Toro, Panama

On Tourism and the Constructions of ‘Paradise Islands’ in Central America and the Caribbean

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