Articulations of rule: landowners, revolution, and territory in Chiapas, Mexico 1920–1962

Bobrow-Strain, Aaron

doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2004.05.001

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“…As Parenti argues, the role of the state in creating landed property is crucial; property rights are an abstraction that presupposes the territorial power of the state (Parenti, 2015: 835). However, landed property is a set of relations among actors (Bobrow-Strain, 2005), and it is a historically and geographically singular process that is deeply shaped by previous space configurations, as well as by the concrete articulations between different social groups and the state (Bobrow-Strain, 2003).…”

Section: The New Cycle Of Land Grabbing and The Theory Of Rentmentioning

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Land grabbing or value grabbing? Land rent and wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Serna

2021

Competition & Change

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The Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca is the first region in Mexico with a large-scale wind energy development. The region holds 60% of the country’s installed capacity, but the new infrastructure has faced opposition from sectors of the local population concerned about wind farms’ social and environmental impacts. The opposition and ensuing conflicts have been widely studied; some of these studies have framed wind energy as part of the recent cycle of land grabbing. Nevertheless, this literature has overlooked landholders’ acceptance of wind energy. This paper aims to address this gap and argues that the main driver of the land grabbing process is land rent. The paper draws on recent insights from political ecology that highlight that the commodification of nature is predicated on rent. The paper uses the notion of value grabbing to look at the social struggles over property rights in the Isthmus and the conflicts for the increase and distribution of rents from wind energy.

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Section: The New Cycle Of Land Grabbing and The Theory Of Rentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land grabbing or value grabbing? Land rent and wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Serna

2021

Competition & Change

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“…The precarious living conditions experienced by indigenous populationsin particular, lack of high quality land from which to meet subsistence needsallowed large latifundios 2 in both the Highlands and coastal coffee-growing regions to easily exploit indigenous labour (Bobrow-Strain, 2005;Collier & Quaratiello, 2005). It was a common practice at the time to coerce peasant labour through cash advances and strong arm tactics into signing labour contracts that for all practicable purposes placed them into positions of indentured servitude (Rus, 1994;Sanchez, Garza, Paz, & Ruiz, 1989).…”

Section: Migration History In Chiapasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It was a common practice at the time to coerce peasant labour through cash advances and strong arm tactics into signing labour contracts that for all practicable purposes placed them into positions of indentured servitude (Rus, 1994;Sanchez, Garza, Paz, & Ruiz, 1989). Labour contracts allowed landowners to subject peasants to harsh working conditions with poor pay or risk imprisonment if they fled their employer (Bobrow-Strain, 2005;Rus, 1994). Labour contracts also typically stipulated that workers pay rent to their employers and purchase all their provisions in company stores (Sanchez et al, 1989).…”

Section: Migration History In Chiapasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chiapas' delayed entry into the international labour market: a story of peasant isolation, exploitation, and coercion

Davis

Eakin

2013

Migration and Development

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This manuscript presents a synthetic view of Chiapas’ migration history over the last century through a thorough examination of relevant English and Spanish-language literature sources. Unlike most Mexican states, Chiapas did not heavily rely upon migration, especially international migration, as an economic strategy until very recently. The reasons that underlie Chiapas’ late adoption of economic migration include socio-political and economic structural factors that shaped rural and agrarian policy and demographic trends. This paper evaluates these structural factors with regards to several migration theories to assist our understanding of how and why Chiapans were prevented or discouraged from leaving their native communities. The paper concludes by detailing the perfect cascade of climatic, demographic, economic and political factors that ultimately forced Chiapans to resort to international migration as a major economic diversification strategy.

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“…Sin embargo, no todos aquellos que exploran estas nuevas preguntas lo hacen desde una perspectiva foucaultiana. Aaron Bobrow-Strain se pregunta por nociones gramscianas de hegemonía en el Chiapas posrevolucionario 62 . Anne Mosher examina los esfuerzos de una compañía productora de acero por promocionar la adquisición de vivienda propia entre sus trabajadores con el fin de evitar la sindicalización 63 .…”

Section: Nuevas Direcciones (Década De 1980 Hasta Hoy)unclassified

Medio siglo de geografía histórica en Norteamérica

Ausdal

2006

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Este artículo trata sobre el desarrollo de la geografía histórica en Norteamérica durante el último medio siglo. Está dividido en tres periodos que dan cuenta de la vitalidad de este campo de estudio, así como de su persistente marginalidad. En las décadas de 1950 y 1960 los geógrafos humanos estudiaban regiones, tema que le daba a la disciplina gran cohesión. La geografía histórica se distinguía por centrarse en el pasado. En la década de 1970 la disciplina pasó a buscar patrones y leyes espaciales. Algunos geógrafos históricos siguieron la corriente, mientras que otros se convirtieron en un bastión de la tradición. En las últimas dos décadas, los geógrafos humanos han vuelto su atención hacia procesos sociales; los geógrafos históricos han seguido esta tendencia, aunque con cierto rezago. Por otra parte, la geografía en general ha mostrado mucho más interés en la historia. Pero irónicamente, los trabajos geográficos con énfasis en la historia se han fragmentado más que nunca. Por esta razón, a pesar de la vitalidad actual de este campo, muchos geógrafos históricos siguen sintiéndose marginales dentro de la disciplina.

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Articulations of rule: landowners, revolution, and territory in Chiapas, Mexico 1920–1962

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Land grabbing or value grabbing? Land rent and wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Land grabbing or value grabbing? Land rent and wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca

Chiapas' delayed entry into the international labour market: a story of peasant isolation, exploitation, and coercion

Medio siglo de geografía histórica en Norteamérica

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