1st Edition

Farewell To The Peasantry? Political Class Formation In Rural Mexico

By Gerardo Otero Copyright 1999
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    Farewell to the Peasantry? questions class-reductionist assumptions in certain Marxist and populist approaches to political movements in twentieth-century rural Mexico, highlighting the interpretation of the process of political class formation.

    Preface -- Political Class Formation in Rural Mexico -- The Mexican Debate and Beyond: Class, State, and Culture -- Agrarian Reform: Capitalism, the State, and Neoliberalism -- Agrarian Transformations: Crisis and Social Differentiation -- La Laguna: From Agricultural Workers to Semiproletariat -- Atencingo: Peasant-Entrepreneurs and Social Differentiation -- El Yaqui Valley: Toward Self-Managed, Democratic Production -- Conclusion: Farewell to the Peasantry?