The new Jamaican migration : implications for theory and practice
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Major/Program
International Studies
First Advisor's Name
Anthony P. Maingot
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Raul Moncarz
Third Advisor's Name
Lisandro Perez
Date of Defense
12-9-1986
Abstract
While analysis of the effect which education and migration have on development is neither clear cut, nor obvious, regimes such as those of Jamaica have traditionally placed great emphasis on development through education at all levels. The process of human resource development and the accumulation of human capital is intended to unlock the door to modernization. Nevertheless, our findings indicate a considerable loss of professional and skilled personnel -- the same group that embody a disproportionate amount of educational expenditure relative to the population. Insofar as planning is concerned this migration represents a negative factor.
The developing country of Jamaica is unintentionally supplying the developed world with an "annual gift" of human capital which its economy cannot afford. The major issue becomes: to what extent can any government "protect" its investments by restricting movements of capital and people.
The general assumption of this paper is that the question of human rights cannot be ignored especially in democracies (which Jamaica decidedly is), where movement is seen as an ingrained human right. During the 1970s and 1980s, Jamaica and the Caribbean as a whole has lost much through intellectual capital migrations. Yet brains may also die in their own environment, if deprived the ability to create their own criteria and goals. Forcing people to stay with their money and know-how may only serve to produce and economic environment overgrown with weeds of lethargy, indolence and mediocrity.
Identifier
FI14050444
Recommended Citation
Barrett, Maria Yvonne, "The new Jamaican migration : implications for theory and practice" (1986). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1412.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1412
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