Atencingo Revisited
Political Class Formation and Economic Restructuring in Mexico's Sugar Industry1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2281287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Otero (0000-0003-2338-3000, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 272-299 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1998.tb00675.x |
| OpenAlex | W2003722660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Sugarcane growers have had a close relationship to the state since the 1940s when a series of decrees established a heavy state intervention in the sugar industry, which then became highly regulated. Growers became loyal to the state in exchange for low but secure incomes and other social guarantees. After the introduction of economic liberalism in Mexico during the mid-1980s (called 'neoliberalism' in Mexico), the sugar industry became largely de-regulated, and sugar mills were reprivatized. This article explores the process of political class formation in the sugarcane region of Atencingo, in the state of Puebla. Whether cane growers posit peasant, proletarian, or peasant-entrepreneurial demands is examined, as is the character of organizations and alliances that direct producers have established since the 1930s (oppositional, popular-democratic, or bourgeois-hegemonic). This paper documents the emergence of a peasant-entrepreneurial class and presents initial results from a survey questionnaire administered in 1995. Rather than offering an economic argument based on a narrowly defined class position, this explanation emphasizes the prevailing regional cultures, the forms of state intervention, and the types of leadership-the crucial mediating determinations that explain political outcomes in Atencingo and other regions of rural Mexico
Bourgeoisie · Capitalism · Economic growth · Economics · Hegemony · Intervention (counseling · Neoliberalism (international relations · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Restructuring · Sociology · State (computer science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2020 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |