The CLALS Working Paper Series is intended to provide an opportunity for the timely presentation of ongoing research and scholarship that bridges and catalyzes dialogue between scholarly, policy, and practitioner communities. Contributors to the CLALS Working Paper Series can include CLALS faculty affiliates, research fellows, and partners from beyond AU engaged in ongoing Center projects.
All CLALS working papers are available for download through the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), where they are incorporated into subject-classified eJournals and widely circulated throughout the scholarly community. SSRN's eJournals currently reach over 400,000 people in approximately 140 different countries. SSRN has been named the Number 1 Open Access Repository in the World by the Ranking Web of World Repositories.
Titles in the Series:
No. 50, Who Cares for the Caregiver? Sociological Factors that Influence the Mental-Health and Wellbeing of Religious Leaders Who Provide Shelters for Migrants in Ciudad Juárez, México (2018-2022)
Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda
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No. 49, The Impact of the Cuban Adjustment Act on Cuban Immigrants in the US
Tamarys Bahamonde
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No. 48, The Backlash to the Backlash: The Moral and Electoral Failure of Anti-Immigrant Political Campaigns in the U.S. 2018-2023
Ernesto Castañeda, Reilly Phelan, and Joseph Fournier
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No. 47, The Rise of the Middle Class and the Pattern of Consumption Imports in Latin America
Laura Heras Recuero
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No. 46, Migration as a Driver of Economic Growth: Increasing Productivity and Filling Labor Gaps
Ernesto Castañeda, Edgar Aguilar, and Natalie Turkington
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No. 45, Before and After the Juárez Fire
Alexandra Délano Alonso
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No. 44, No Right to Life
Madeline Brashear and Sarah Diaz
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No. 43, Immigrant Youth Experiences from the Caretakers' Perspective: Central American Minors in the DC Metropolitan Area
Melvin Saravia, Karissa Stanio, and CLALS
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No. 42, Keeping in Motion or Staying Put: Internal Migration in the United States and China
Joshua Dietz, Bulin Li, and CLALS
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No. 41, The Cost of a Free Ride: A First Look at the Migrants Bused from Texas and Arizona into Washington, DC
Melvin Saravia, Joshua Dietz, and CLALS
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No. 40, Vidas Sitiadas (Besieged Lives): Empowering Young Women in Latin America to Overcome Violence, Poverty, and Discrimination
Fulton Armstrong and CLALS
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No. 39, IUU Fishing Crimes in Latin America and the Caribbean
InSight Crime and CLALS
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No. 38, La Misión de Apoyo Contra La Corrupción y La Impunidad En Honduras (MACCIH-OEA) y Su Nuevo Modelo De Investigacion Penal Integrada
CLALS
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No. 37, The Impact of United States Engagement with Chile: 2000-2020
CLALS
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No. 36, China's Messages: In Search of Wider and Stronger Networking with Chile
Carlos Portales
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No. 35, Communicating Influence: China's Messaging in Latin America and the Caribbean
CLALS
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No. 34, The Impact of United States Engagement with Uruguay: 2000-2020
CLALS
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No. 33, Criminal Networks in the Americas
InSight Crime and CLALS
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No. 32, Latin America-China Relations: A Review of Recent Literature (2010-2020)
Andrés Serbin
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No. 31, Pandemic Relief for Latino-Owned Businesses: Lessons from the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
Robert Albro and Eric Hershberg
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No. 30, The Rise of the PCC: How South America's Most Powerful Prison Gang is Spreading in Brazil and Beyond
InSight Crime and CLALS
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No. 29, Legal Protections for Environmental Migrants: Expanding Possibilities and Redefining Success
Jayesh Rathod
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No. 28, In Children's Best Interests: Charting A Child-Sensitive Approach to U.S. Immigration Policy
Dennis Stinchcomb
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No. 27, Fleeting Success: The Legacy of Honduras’ International Anti-Corruption Mission
Charles Call
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No. 26, Racial Disparities of Daily Living in the DC Area: Findings from the 2018 DC Area Survey
Michael D. M. Bader
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No. 25, Continuity Through Change: Developmentalism and Neoliberalism in Democratic Brazil (1985-2018)
Matthew Taylor
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No. 24, Too Much Success? The Legacy and Lessons of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala
Charles Call and Jeffrey Hallock
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No. 23, Central America and the Bitter Fruit of U.S. Policy
Bill Gentile
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No. 22, Posibilidades Normativas para la Creación y el Funcionamiento de una Comision Internacional Contra la Impunidad en El Salvador (CICIES)
Manuel E. Escalante Saracais
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No. 21, International Anti-Impunity Missions in Guatemala and Honduras: What Lessons for El Salvador?
Charles Call
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No. 20, Normative Accounts of International Environmental Migration in Latin America and the Religious Component of Intangible Loss
Robert Albro
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No. 19, Newcomer Central American Immigrants' Access to Legal Services
Dennis Stinchcomb and Jodi Berger Cardoso
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No. 18, From Steady Progress to Severely Wounded: A Two-Year Report on the Performance of the OAS Mission in Support of the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH)
Charles Call
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No. 17, Extending Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador: Country Conditions and U.S. Legal Requirements
Jayesh Rathod, Dennis Stinchcomb, Victoria Garcia, LaSarah Pillado, María De Luna, Ricardo Castaneda, Jonathan Menkos, and Juan Urbina
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No. 16, Extending Temporary Protected Status for Honduras: Country Conditions and U.S. Legal Requirements
Jayesh Rathod, Dennis Stinchcomb, María De Luna, Ricardo Castaneda, Jonathan Menkos, Juan Urbina, and LaSarah Pillado
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No. 15, Country Conditions in Central America and Asylum Decision-Making: Report from a January 2017 Workshop
Jayesh Rathod, Eric Hershberg, and Dennis Stinchcomb
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No. 14, Diversity in the D.C. Area: Findings from the 2016 D.C. Area Survey
Michael D. M. Bader
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No. 13, The Role of the Latino Vote in the 2016 Elections
Aaron Bell
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No. 12, Una mirada crítica a la legislación laboral en Cuba: Del "Periodo Especial" y la "Batalla de Ideas" a la "Actualización del Modelo"
Gabriela Radfar
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No. 11, What Pope Francis Brings to Latin America
Daniel H. Levine
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No. 10, Capital Start-Ups: What We Know and Need to Know about Latino Entrepreneurship in the DC-Metro Region
Barbara Bird and Michael Danielson
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No. 9, "Let Us Care for Everyone's Home": The Catholic Church's Role in Keeping Gold Mining out of El Salvador
Rachel Nadelman
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No. 8, Violence and Community Capabilities: Insights for Building Safe and Inclusive Cities in Central America
Eric Hershberg, Juan Pablo Pérez Sáinz, Larissa Brioso, Rodolfo Calderón Umaña, Margarita Montoya, Karla Salazar, Mario Zetino, and Daniel E. Esser
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No. 7, Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America: Context, Causes, and Responses
Dennis Stinchcomb and Eric Hershberg
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No. 6, Transportistas y lavadores: El control territorial como argumento de poder en El Salvador
Héctor Silva Ávalos
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No. 5, Groundwork for Inclusive Development: Responses to Emergent Challenges in Latin American and Caribbean Economies
Alejandro Foxley
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No. 4, Corruption in El Salvador: Politicians, Police, and Transportistas
Héctor Silva Ávalos
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No. 3, Las iglesias ante las violencias en Latinoamérica: Modelos y experiencias de paz en contextos de conflicto y violencia
Claudia Dary Fuentes
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No. 2, Central American Migrants in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Security and Immigration Policy
Amelia Frank-Vitale
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No. 1, The El Salvador Gang Truce and the Church: What Was the Role of the Catholic Church?
Steven Dudley
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