1st Edition

Land Privatization in Mexico Urbanization, Formation of Regions and Globalization in Ejidos

By Maria Teresa Vázquez-Castillo Copyright 2005
    252 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    252 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    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.

    1. Deregulating the Ejido: The New Article 27 2. Origins and Transformation of Article 27 in Mexico 3. Urban and Regional Dimensions of Article 27 4. Privatization of Ejido Land in the Age of NAFTA 5. Selecting Three Ejidos in Three Different Regions 6. San Luis Río Colorado: The First Ejido That Privatized Its Land 7. Privatization Through Expropriation: The Case of the Ejido La Poza, Guerrero 8. Ixtaltepec: An Indigenous Ejido 9. Comparting the Three Ejidos/Comparing Privatizations

    Biography

    Maria Teresa Vázquez-Castillo