Rural democratisation in Mexico's deep south

Grassroots right-to-know campaigns in Guerrero

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2158294
AutoresJonathan Fox (0000-0002-0422-7275, University of California, Santa Cruz, autor de correspondencia), Carlos García Jiménez, Libby Haight (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Año2009
Volumen36
Número2
Páginas271-298
Fecha de publicación2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03066150902928264
OpenAlexW2151864236
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas21

In Mexico's southern state of Guerrero, rural social and civic movements are increasingly claiming their right to information as a tool to hold the state publicly accountable, as part of their ongoing issue-specific social, economic, and civic struggles. This study reviews the historical, social and political landscape that grounds campaigns for rural democratisation in Guerrero, including Mexico's recent information access reforms and then compares two different regional social movements that have claimed the 'right to know'. For some movements, the demand for information rights is part of a sustained strategy, for others it is a tactic, but the claim bridges both more resistance-oriented and more negotiation-oriented social and civic movements

Clientelism · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Grassroots · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration