Summarize the situation of the bracero system in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and describe the structurist and human agency analyses of it

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The bracero system is a long-standing pattern of migration of Haitian laborers into the Dominican Republic, where they work on sugarcane estates and then return to Haiti.
2. The structurist view emphasizes the evidence of coercion in the recruitment process and the poor working conditions on the sugarcane estates.
3. The human agency view argues that it is a choice Haitians make willingly and that accounts of coercion are exaggerated.

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