
Land Reform in Mexico: 1910—1980
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Land Reform in Mexico: 1910–1980 presents the workings of the Mexican government by analyzing actual policies, their implementation, and their outcomes in a significant and central sector of the Mexican economy, agriculture. This book discusses the pattern of Mexican redistribution policy in agriculture over an extensive period of time, with emphasis on the causes and effects of these policy shifts. Organized into eight chapters, this book begins with an overview of the agricultural policy and modernization strategy of Mexico. This text then relates regional variations in the rural social structure of the late 19th century to the history of Mexico's unique agricultural policy. Other chapters consider the policy shifts reflected in agrarian legislation by presidential period. This book discusses as well the politics of land reform and its linkages to local, state, and national administrations. The final chapter deals with the status of agricultural policy in Mexico during the 1980s. This book is a valuable resource for scholar and students with interest in Mexican politics.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Background
The Research Design
The Regional Dimension
2. Regional Variations in Prerevolutionary Mexican Society
Introduction
The Porfirian Period: Prelude to Revolution
Land Tenure on the Eve of the Revolution
The Political Economy of the North
The Political Economy of the Center East
The Political Economy of the South
The Political Economy of the Center West
Conclusions
3. The Changing Pattern of Land Reform Legislation
Introduction
The Decrees of 1915 and 1916
National Land Reform Legislation: The Constitution of 1917
Eligibility
Appeal
Expropriation
Plot Size and Types of Land Tenure
Conclusions
4. The Politics of Land Reform in Mexico: Local, State, and National Linkages
Introduction
Administrative Organization of the Reform
Legislation Affecting the Administrative Structure of Land Reform
Petitions at the National Level
Regional Variations in the Distribution of Land
Veracruz and Agrarian Reform: Local, State, and National Linkages
Conclusions
5. Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Mexican Land Reform
Background
The Timing of the Reform
Unfulfilled Promises
Regional Variations in the Distribution of Land
Quality of Land Distributed
The Ejido and the Central Government
Conclusions
6. Peasants and Public Policy: Agricultural Credit and Productivity
Introduction
Agricultural Investment: 1940-1980
Agricultural Credit
The Agricultural Policies of Echeverria and LÓpez Portillo
The Pricing of Agricultural Goods
Poor Land, Scant Water, and Too Many People
Conclusions
7. Migration, Economic Opportunity, and Land Redistribution in Mexico
Introduction
Mexican Migration to the United States
The Role of Land Reform and Population Growth in Stimulating or Deterring Immigration
The Role of the U.S. Economy in Stimulating and Deterring Immigration
Migration, U.S. Unemployment, and Land Reform
A Model of Migration
Conclusion
8. Conclusions
The Pattern of Demand and Response
The History of Governmental Agricultural Policy
The Next Decade
Appendixes
Appendix A. Definitive Distribution of Land until 1933
Appendix B. Example of a Diario Oficial Entry
Appendix C. Presidential Actions (Resoluciones): 1916-1976
Appendix D. Example of Selected Resolutions from the Ministry of Agrarian Reform Originally Published in the Diario Oficial
Appendix E. Summary of Selected Resolutions for Mexico, 1916-1976
Appendix F. Linear Systems Model
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 208
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1984
- Published: January 28, 1984
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483272313
About the Author
Susan R. Walsh Sanderson
About the Editors
Charles Tilly
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Edward Shorter
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Toronto, Canada
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