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Tepoztlan and the Transformation of the Mexican State: The Politics of Loose Connections
Joann Martin
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 593.
During the 1980s and ?90s, Mexico weathered an economic crisis, witnessed electoral upheaval, and saw the dismantling of state subsidies to farmers and the privatization of nationally owned industries. This book considers how popular movements found fresh footing in this new political-economic landscape as villagers in Tepoztlan fought to keep communal lands out of the hands of outsiders, the state, and?increasinglyglobal capitalists. Examining social movement politics from the margins rather than the center, JoAnn Martin revisits the famous Redfield-Lewis debate on Tepoztlan to argue that the gossip seen by Oscar Lewis as undermining community coherence is really a form of ... Read more
During the 1980s and ?90s, Mexico weathered an economic crisis, witnessed electoral upheaval, and saw the dismantling of state subsidies to farmers and the privatization of nationally owned industries. This book considers how popular movements found fresh footing in this new political-economic landscape as villagers in Tepoztlan fought to keep communal lands out of the hands of outsiders, the state, and?increasinglyglobal capitalists. Examining social movement politics from the margins rather than the center, JoAnn Martin revisits the famous Redfield-Lewis debate on Tepoztlan to argue that the gossip seen by Oscar Lewis as undermining community coherence is really a form of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816524433
SKU
V9780816524433
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