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agrarian laws
anthropology and the state
Author_Monique Nuijten
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ejido in mexico
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ethnography of Mexican land ownership
kinship in rural societies
land conflict in Mexico
land conflicts in Mexico
landlessness in Mexico
migration and land
murder of peasants
peasant communities in Mexico
peasants vs landlords in Mexico
Product details
- ISBN 9780745319469
- Weight: 365g
- Dimensions: 135 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2003
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the balance of power between the state and local communities, with particular reference to societies in the developing world.
Monique Nuijten shows how rituals of bureaucratic power and accusations of corruption give flesh to incredible fantasies, and conspiracy theories among officials, peasants and brokers. At the same time she shows that in this labyrinthine world of bureaucratic obstacles and state control, local agrarian communities manage to find certain room for autonomy.
Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Mexico, Nuijten draws wide conclusions that can be applied to many societies. Providing a detailed ethnography, she focuses on various themes, including a theoretical anthropology of state power; families and factionalism after agrarian reform; local organisation; questions of law; corruption; and development theory.
Monique Nuijten shows how rituals of bureaucratic power and accusations of corruption give flesh to incredible fantasies, and conspiracy theories among officials, peasants and brokers. At the same time she shows that in this labyrinthine world of bureaucratic obstacles and state control, local agrarian communities manage to find certain room for autonomy.
Drawing on her extensive fieldwork in Mexico, Nuijten draws wide conclusions that can be applied to many societies. Providing a detailed ethnography, she focuses on various themes, including a theoretical anthropology of state power; families and factionalism after agrarian reform; local organisation; questions of law; corruption; and development theory.
Monique Nuijten is senior research fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. She is the author of Power, Community and the State (Pluto Press, 2003).
