Marcela Vásquez‐león
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3617348 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Marcela Vásquez‐león |
| NOMBRES | Marcela |
| APELLIDO | Vásquez‐león |
| FIRMA | LEON M V |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Arizona |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 55 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Walking the Tightrope
Free Markets and Fair Trade, Collective Livelihood Struggles, and the Cooperative Model
Two agricultural cooperatives in Paraguay illustrate different models of smallholders' collective livelihood struggles to enter international markets and achieve autonomy. One cooperative exports organic sugar and follows a strategy based on Fair Trade, independence from state bureaucracies, and alliances with international buyers and nongovernmental organizations. The other cooperative exports bananas to Argentina and follows a strategy based on…
Engaging students in applied research
A critical interest of applied anthropology is to educate students to be theoretically grounded and capable of assuming a level of social responsibility that extends beyond academia. In this paper, we reflect on the issue of student preparation for work in the policy arena by focusing on the experiences of a five-year applied research project that examines agricultural cooperatives as situated agents of change and grassroots development. The proj…
Hispanic Farmers and Farmworkers
In the U.S. Southwest, prolonged drought may force those most dependent on water to abandon their livelihoods. By focusing on Hispanic farmers and farmworkers, in this article I examine how ethnicity and other factors compound risk and create highly vulnerable groups. I use the concept of "social capital" to understand how the critically vulnerable access resources embedded in informal social networks of mutual aid to reduce their vulnerability. …
Misreading the Arizona Landscape
Landscape change in southeastern Arizona represents one of the most thoroughly studied examples of long-term ecological and hydrological change in the American West. Researchers have documented the diminution of grassland and alteration of rivers using historical texts, matched photographs, transects, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. Their results generally paint a picture of widespread and irreversible ecological decline. In many cases…
The Political Ecology of Land-Use Change
This paper examines the interactions between the environment political and economic policies and changes in land use and land quality by focusing on one region in northwest Mexico where dramatic transformations have occurred since the early 1970s. A political ecology approach is used to examine the nature and causes of environmental change at different scales of analysis to address the importance of meanings assigned to ecological systems and the…
A comparative assessment of climate vulnerability
A comparative assessment of climate vulnerability
Hispanic Farmers and Farmworkers
In the U.S. Southwest, prolonged drought may force those most dependent on water to abandon their livelihoods. By focusing on Hispanic farmers and farmworkers, in this article I examine how ethnicity and other factors compound risk and create highly vulnerable groups. I use the concept of "social capital" to understand how the critically vulnerable access resources embedded in informal social networks of mutual aid to reduce their vulnerability. …
Free Markets and Fair Trade, Collective Livelihood Struggles, and the Cooperative Model
Two agricultural cooperatives in Paraguay illustrate different models of smallholders' collective livelihood struggles to enter international markets and achieve autonomy. One cooperative exports organic sugar and follows a strategy based on Fair Trade, independence from state bureaucracies, and alliances with international buyers and nongovernmental organizations. The other cooperative exports bananas to Argentina and follows a strategy based on…
Walking the Tightrope
A comparative assessment of climate vulnerability
The Political Ecology of Land-Use Change
This paper examines the interactions between the environment political and economic policies and changes in land use and land quality by focusing on one region in northwest Mexico where dramatic transformations have occurred since the early 1970s. A political ecology approach is used to examine the nature and causes of environmental change at different scales of analysis to address the importance of meanings assigned to ecological systems and the…
Misreading the Arizona Landscape
Landscape change in southeastern Arizona represents one of the most thoroughly studied examples of long-term ecological and hydrological change in the American West. Researchers have documented the diminution of grassland and alteration of rivers using historical texts, matched photographs, transects, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. Their results generally paint a picture of widespread and irreversible ecological decline. In many cases…
Engaging students in applied research
A critical interest of applied anthropology is to educate students to be theoretically grounded and capable of assuming a level of social responsibility that extends beyond academia. In this paper, we reflect on the issue of student preparation for work in the policy arena by focusing on the experiences of a five-year applied research project that examines agricultural cooperatives as situated agents of change and grassroots development. The proj…
Hispanic Farmers and Farmworkers
In the U.S. Southwest, prolonged drought may force those most dependent on water to abandon their livelihoods. By focusing on Hispanic farmers and farmworkers, in this article I examine how ethnicity and other factors compound risk and create highly vulnerable groups. I use the concept of "social capital" to understand how the critically vulnerable access resources embedded in informal social networks of mutual aid to reduce their vulnerability. …
Walking the Tightrope
Free Markets and Fair Trade, Collective Livelihood Struggles, and the Cooperative Model
Two agricultural cooperatives in Paraguay illustrate different models of smallholders' collective livelihood struggles to enter international markets and achieve autonomy. One cooperative exports organic sugar and follows a strategy based on Fair Trade, independence from state bureaucracies, and alliances with international buyers and nongovernmental organizations. The other cooperative exports bananas to Argentina and follows a strategy based on…
Political science (7 obras) · Economics (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Agriculture (4 obras) · Ecology (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Livelihood (4 obras) · Climate change (3 obras) · Ecology (3 obras) · Ethnic group (3 obras)