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A Rich Land, a Poor People: Politics and Society in Modern Chiapas
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books on: (Elite Social Sciences Mexico Chiapas Political Activity History) OR (Peasantry Mexico Chiapas History) OR (Agricultural Industries Mexico Chiapas History)  - 1281 results

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A Rich Land, a Poor People: Politics and Society in Modern Chiapas
Book by Thomas Benjamin; University of New Mexico Press, 1989
Subjects: Agricultural Industries--Mexico--Chiapas--History, Chiapas (Mexico)--Economic Conditions, Chiapas (Mexico)--Economic Policy, Chiapas (Mexico)--Politics And Government, Chiapas (Mexico)--Social Conditions, Elite (Social Sciences)--Mexico--Chiapas--Political Activity--History, Peasantry--Mexico--Chiapas--History
...Chiapas Mexico -- Social conditions. 3. Chiapas Mexico --Economic policy 4. Elite Social sciences --Mexico--Chiapas--Political activity--History. 5. Peasantry-- Mexico--Chiapas--History. 6. Agricultural industries-- Mexico...
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The Chiapas Rebellion: The Struggle for Land and Democracy
Book by Neil Harvey; Duke University Press, 1998
Subjects: Chiapas (Mexico)--History--Peasant Uprising, 1994-, Indians Of Mexico--Mexico--Chiapas--Government Relations, Land Reform--Mexico--Chiapas--History, Mexico--Politics And Government--1988-, Peasantry--Mexico--Chiapas--Political Activity--History, Representative Government And Representation--Mexico--History, Social Movements--Mexico--Chiapas--History
...Independent Confederation of Agricultural Workers and Peasants CIOAC...of retrenchment for many of Mexicos peasant movements. The government...picture in several ways. In Chiapas, the independent peasant movements...the people, for that is where history is made. -- Member of Emiliano...oppositional activity took place in Chiapas during the 1980s Foweraker...nature of popular movements in Mexico. The struggle for economic-corporate...that we have reached the "end of history" Mouffe 1992 . Cultural...political intervention. In rural Mexico, the creation of new spaces for...that it is the people who make history, that the struggles of indigenous...to understand how people in Chiapas have come to make these claims...
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Social Uses and Radio Practices: The Use of Participatory Radio by Ethnic Minorities in Mexico
Book by Lucila Vargas; Westview Press, 1995
Subjects: Radio Broadcasting--Social Aspects--Mexico--Chiapas--Case Studies, Radio In Rural Development--Mexico--Chiapas--Case Studies
...74 peasants murdered, 38 were from Chiapas, as were 46 of the 105 peasants...countless repressive mechanisms of Mexicos dominant society include those intangible...differences and recuperating its history. Indigenous organizations seek to...National School of Anthropology and History was instituted to educate not only...Instituto Indigenista Interamericano , Mexico has championed indigenismo in the...Subsecretaria de Radio , located in Mexico City , and rather than being a subordinate...Indigenismo In his outline of the history of indigenismo, Adolfo Colombres...
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Persistent Oligarchs: Elites and Politics in Chihuahua, Mexico, 1910-1940
Book by Mark Wasserman; Duke University Press, 1993
Subjects: Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--Politics And Government, Elite (Social Sciences)--Mexico--Chihuahua (State)--History--20th Century, Mexico--Politics And Government--1910-1946
...Press. 1 Introduction The three watersheds of Mexican history are the Conquest 1519- 21 , the Hidalgo revolt 1810...of wealth, especially from the old, landed elite to the peasantry; and a new, democratic political system replaced the dictatorship...of my themes. The Mexican Revolution: An Overview Mexico entered the twentieth century on the tide of its first...
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In Default: Peasants, the Debt Crisis, and the Agricultural Challenge in Mexico
Book by Marilyn Gates; Westview Press, 1993
Subjects: Agriculture And State--Mexico, Agriculture And State--Mexico--Campeche (State), Debts, External--Mexico, Peasantry--Mexico, Peasantry--Mexico--Campeche (State)
...tomatoes in Sinaloa and coffee in Chiapas. Most rural protest, however...According to the 1980 census, agricultural wage laborers numbered a little...the norm in most parts of rural Mexico Spalding, 1988...and inefficient, overprotected industries biased toward import substitution...the imperative of restructuring agricultural policy, because of the exigencies of managing Mexicos monetary problems and placating...states of Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas appeared to offer an eventual solution to Mexicos chronic problems. In 1976, the...
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1.
Impact of Gender Disparities in Family Carework on Women's Life Chances in Chiapas, Mexico*
Journal article by Cara A. Bergstrom, S. Jody Heymann; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 36, 2005
Subjects: Caregivers, Chiapas, Mexico--Social aspects, Domestic relations, Family life, Family relations, Female-male relations, Gender equality, Women--Social aspects
...2001 "A gendered economic history of rural households: Calvillo, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 1982-1991." Frontiers: A Journal of...Anuario Estadistico del Estado de Chiapas: Edicion 1999. Aguascalientes, Mexico: INEGI: Institute Nacional de...1930-1998. Aguascalientes, Mexico: INEGI: Institute Nacional de Estadistica...
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Mexico at a Crossroads: the 1988 Election and Beyond
Journal article by Andrew Reding; World Policy Journal, Vol. 5, 1988
Subjects: World Politics
...rural employment, reduce floods and the erosion of agricultural soils, boost hydroelectric potential through better...also restructure the export-oriented maquiladora industries near Mexico s northern border with the United States . At present...supplying a greater share of the inputs, by developing industries that would draw on the countrys own human and material...share of the value added in products "hecho en Mexico ." In agriculture, Cardenas would terminate costly...and cooperatives in rural Michoacan, Cardenas s agricultural policy would refocus development efforts on the...
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El Paseo del Rio San Francisco: Urban Development and Social Justice in Puebla, Mexico
Journal article by Nancy E. Churchill; Social Justice, Vol. 26, 1999
Subjects: City planning--Social aspects, Crime--Political aspects, Mexico--Politics and government, Social justice--Analysis
...San Francisco: Urban Development and Social Justice in Puebla, Mexico. by Nancy E. Churchill...took place in contemporary Mexico, Chiapas would immediately spring to mind as...in response to repeated economic, political, and social crises. In a speech on...lost the taint of their subaltern history. The eastern, or "other" side of the...Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities (Benemerita Universidad...
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Nature Regimes in Southern Mexico: A History of Power and Environment (1)
Journal article by Nora Haenn; Ethnology, Vol. 41, 2002
Subjects: Ecology and history--Mexico, Ethnology--Mexico, Mexico--History
Nature regimes in Southern Mexico: a history of power and environment (1...compatibilities between poststructural and political-economy approaches to political ecology...frontier designations and influence social relations as much as they presume certain...out in 1994 by the Zapatista army in Chiapas (Collier 1994). Although the Zapatista...the industries appeared distinct from elite perspectives. AN INTERTWINED TIMBER...
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Political Economy of Income Distribution: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Mexico
Journal article by He Li; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Economic development--Analysis, Income distribution--Analysis, Industry--Analysis, Mexico--Economic policy, Poverty--Analysis, Taiwan--Economic policy, Wages--Analysis
Political Economy of Income Distribution: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Mexico. by He Li Both Taiwan...between inequality and development of social movements has been under a great deal...important economic events in recent Mexican history. In recent years, Mexico has witnessed...Mexico, especially in states such as Chiapas where land remains a contentious issue...land reform is to destroy the landed elite, and the absence or weakness of a landed...
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1.
Chiapas Is Mexico
Magazine article by Dick J. Reavis; The Progressive, Vol. 58, May 1994
Subjects: Chiapas, Mexico (State)--Military aspects, Guerrilla warfare--Mexico, Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico)--Political aspects, Mexico--Politics and government, Salinas de Gortari, Carlos--Political activity
Chiapas is Mexico by Dick J. Reavis When masked...languages do. But the turbulence of modern history--"modern" meaning "since the Conquest...economic result is much the same, though the political perspective is different. Produce is...myth is true--as most of the Mexican elite believes--then it makes perfect sense...
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Zapatismo and the Workers Movement in Mexico at the End of the Century
Magazine article by Richard Roman, Edur Velasco Arregui; Monthly Review, Vol. 49, July 1997
Subjects: Labor force--Analysis, Labor supply--Analysis, Mexico--Economic aspects, Working women--Employment
...Zapatismo and the Workers Movement in Mexico at the End of the Century. by...transition with dignity and justice. Some History The "social contracts" between capital and labor...independently, either on the job or in the political arena. The pro-worker ideology of the...privilege as a part of the state-related elite, it was also a framework through which...to take independent actions. The Chiapas Rebellion and Independent Worker Response...
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Chiapas: An Uprising Born of Despair
Magazine article by Michael Renner; World Watch, Vol. 10, January 1997
Subjects: Chiapas, Mexico--Social aspects, Economic policy--Mexico
Chiapas: an uprising born of despair by Michael Renner In Mexico, as in many developing societies...poisoned environments, and violent political repression. The Zapatista revolt shows...poverty, environmental degradation, and social inequities that underlie Mexicos troubles...colonialism. A tiny farming and ranching elite controls much of the states best land...catalyze a great deal of grass roots activity. In July 1994, they helped set up...Project: Damned if They Do?" Current History, September 1995. Henry Veltmeyer...
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In the Strawberry Fields
Magazine article by Eric Schlosser; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 276, November 1995
Subjects: Alien labor--Ethical aspects, California, Fruit industry--Ethical aspects, Fruit trade--Ethical aspects, Illegal immigrants--Employment, Migrant agricultural laborers--Employment, Sharecropping--Ethical aspects
...called one of the greatest immigration frauds in American history. More than a million illegal immigrants were eventually granted...their wages, their living conditions--and their return to Mexico at the end of each years harvest. The U.S. government operated...Michael Kearney anticipates that the indigenous people of Chiapas will soon join Mixtecs in the migratory stream. Farm-union...
5.
An Unfinished Revolution
Magazine article by Bernard Rosen; Monthly Review, Vol. 46, May 1994
Subjects: Government resistance--Analysis, Government, Resistance to--Analysis, Mexican history, Mexico--History
...by Bernard Rosen The Chiapas peasant rebellion brings into sharp focus the social crisis that exists in Mexico today. Hence, a paramount question...capitalist interests), and their political, military, and clerical servitors...
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Mexico , Country, North America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
MEXICO , country, North America mek...Baja California Sur , Campeche , Chiapas , Chihuahua , Coahuila , Colima...system of proportional representation. History To the Early Nineteenth Century...population to accept European religious and social practices, the Spanish had difficulty...collapsed and Juarez again ruled Mexico, but political disturbances prevented the accomplishment...


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