Kinicki‚ 2005). A meta-analysis by Paul and Moser (2009) reinforces these findings - unemployment was associated with depression‚ anxiety‚ psychosomatic symptoms‚ low subjective well-being‚ and poor self-esteem. Unemployed workers were twice as likely as their employed counterparts to experience psychological problems (Paul & Moser‚ 2009). Unemployment can contribute to reduced life expectancy. In a longitudinal study in which the employment‚ earnings‚ and work histories of high-seniority male workers
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LOCATION AND DEFINITION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Definition of the Caribbean Region Geographical This describes the area washed by the Caribbean Sea and is often described as the Caribbean Basin. It would therefore include most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ Greater Antilles as well as the mainland territories in Central America (Costa Rica‚ Belize‚ Panama‚ Honduras) and Northern South America such as Columbia and Venezuela. The common link here is the Caribbean Sea. Geological There are deep
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Case Study 03: Slavery Between 1830 and 1860 American southerns had switched their focus toward the cheap land and slave labor found in states such as Alabama and Mississippi. Southern economic prosperity derived from the demand for cotton and the advancement of the cotton gin. From 1820 to 1860 the South experienced a swift growth in slave populace and dependency. Regardless of the morality of slavery‚ owning slaves was a highly profitable business. Labor hours were extensive‚ training was minimum
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(August 21st 2011- 5th December 2011) was chosen in relevance to Caribbean Studies because it was one of the most recent events that had a serious impact on the lives of the citizens. The financial and cultural inconveniences faced by my family during this state of emergency persuaded me to study this event. The researcher is under the opinion that the state of emergency was the government’s “quick fix” for the crime situation which had no long term worth to the country. It is intriguing that as
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Economic and Social Problems In The Caribbean Unemployment Globalization has contributed significantly to unemployment in the Caribbean. With the removal trade barriers‚ some industries have not been able to compete globally. The lack adequate skills that are required for the new industrial paradigm for example‚ information technology skills have also contributed to the problem of unemployment. A high level of unemployment among the young people of the Caribbean may results in various social problems
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Caribbean Brewers: Transfer Pricing‚ Ethics and Governance Case Summary Gera International is a well established international brand of beer that is ranked amongst the top three brands of beer in the world. With transportation prices rising‚ Gera International decided to purchase a plant in Antigua in 2005 and they renamed the subsidiary‚ Caribbean Brewers‚ Inc. (CBI). In 2008‚ the production facilities of CBI were expanded and their productive capacity doubled. Furthermore‚ we are then introduced
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that have led Caribbean migrants living in the metropolitan countries to create a home away from home: According to a definition taken from Wikipedia a metropolitan area is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories‚ sharing industry‚ infrastructure‚ and housing. A migrant can be defined as one that moves from one region to another by chance‚ instinct‚ or plan. The Culture of migration that characterizes Caribbean societies sees migration
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The human desire to understand the social world and our positions in it has fascinated mankind for centuries. Initially‚ early psychologists equated our behaviors to our own mental state and completely disregarded how our upbringing as a certain race or gender in a particular social class affected our perspective of the world. By broadening our understanding of how various societal phenomena affect our thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and attitudes‚ we have the ability to explain some of the behaviors that occur
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Social work and Social Welfare has been with us from as far back as the 1600’s and it has always been‚ and has continued to be a response to human needs. In order to understand its historical development‚ it is necessary to examine the significant factors‚ which has influenced its evolution. It can be said however that factors such as the establishment of the Elizabethan poor laws‚ the emancipation of slavery and the social unrest which resulted in the 1937 riots‚ played a momentous role in the development
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We live in an era where our sex and gender identity is defined not by how we wish‚ but how society has socially constructed it to be. It has built a binary‚ which means whatever is feminine is not masculine and whatever is masculine is not feminine (Foss et al. 16). From there an identity begins to build that is also based off of a master narrative‚ which instruct members of a culture to be certain types of people who live certain kinds of lives (Foss et al. 54). This is where traditional gender
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