Land privatization in Mexico : urbanization, formation of regions, and globalization in ejidos / María Teresa Vázquez Castillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vázquez Castillo, María Teresa.

Series:

Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))

Latin American studies : social sciences and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ejidos--Mexico.

Ejidos.

Land tenure--Government policy.

Land tenure.

Mexico.

Ejidos--Law and legislation--Mexico.

Ejidos--Law and legislation.

Land tenure--Government policy--Mexico.

Privatization--Mexico.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

xvi, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

This book analyzes [ejido] land as space of urbanization and location of economic activities and capital and land privatization as a redistributive process with local, urban, regional and global consequences.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Deregulating the Ejido: The New Article 27 1

Chapter 2 Origins and Transformation of Article 27 in Mexico 21

Chapter 3 Urban and Regional Dimensions of Article 27 45

Chapter 4 Privatization of Ejido Land in the Age of NAFTA 75

Chapter 5 San Luis Rio Colorado: The First Ejido to Privatize its Land 97

Chapter 6 Privatization through Expropriation: The Case of the Ejido La Poza, Guerrero 119

Chapter 7 Ixtaltepec: An Indigenous Ejido 143

Chapter 8 Comparing the Three Ejidos/Comparing Privatizations 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-215) and index.

ISBN:

0415946549

OCLC:

54073735