Neoliberalism and Commodity Production in Mexico - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1607321718 ISBN 13 : 9781607321712

Editeur : University Press of Colorado, 2012

Synopsis

Neoliberalism and Commodity Production in Mexico details the impact of neoliberal practice on the production and exchange of basic resources in working-class communities in Mexico. Using anthropological investigations and a market-driven approach, contributors explain how uneven policies have undermined constitutional protections and working-class interests since the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

Detailed ethnographic fieldwork shows how foreign investment, privatization, deregulation, and elimination of welfare benefits have devastated national industries and natural resources and threatened agriculture, driving the campesinos and working class deeper into poverty. Focusing on specific commodity chains and the changes to production and marketing under neoliberalism, the contributors highlight the detrimental impacts of policies by telling the stories of those most affected by these changes. They detail the complex interplay of local and global forces, from the politically mediated systems of demand found at the local level to the increasingly powerful municipal and state governments and the global trade and banking institutions.

Sharing a common theoretical perspective and method throughout the chapters, Neoliberalism and Commodity Production in Mexico is a multi-sited ethnography that makes a significant contribution to studies of neoliberal ideology in practice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Weaver is professor emeritus at the University of Arizona School of Anthropology and founder of TWeaver Writing and Research. James B. Greenberg is a professor of anthropology and research anthropologist at the University of Arizona. William Alexander is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Anne Browning-Aiken is cultural anthropologist at the University of Arizona.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Colorado
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607321718
• ISBN 13: 9781607321712
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 354
• Éditeur: Weaver Thomas, Greenberg James B., Alexander William L., Browning-Aiken Anne
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