Class, ethnicity, gender and Latino entrepreneurship

For Salvadorans, strong communities characterized by ethnic cohesion and ethnic-based social capital are essential features that help establish Salvadoran entrepreneurship, especially in light of their lower class status and their culturally rooted distrust of market institutions, which hinder their...

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Published inLatino Studies Vol. 9; no. 2-3; pp. 363 - 364
Main Author Valdez, Zulema
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.07.2011
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Cohesion
Cultural and Media Studies
Cultural Studies
Economic policy
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Ethnicity
Ethnicity Studies
Gender
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic people
Immigrants
Intersectionality
Leadership
Literature
Migration
Minority & ethnic groups
Noncitizens
Postcolonial/World Literature
Regional and Cultural Studies
Small business
Social capital
Social classes
Social cohesion
Social status
Studies
United States > US
Texas
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Summary:For Salvadorans, strong communities characterized by ethnic cohesion and ethnic-based social capital are essential features that help establish Salvadoran entrepreneurship, especially in light of their lower class status and their culturally rooted distrust of market institutions, which hinder their access to class-based resources. "Institutional gatekeepers" (169) confirm entrepreneurs' perception that structural opportunities and federal support for Latino small business is limited and generally ineffective; at the same time, government leaders and gatekeepers suggest that Latinos need stronger leaders and community organizers to combat the barriers to enterprise that Latinos face, which include the recent economic downturn of the economy and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment.
ISSN:1476-3435
1476-3443
DOI:10.1057/lst.2011.35