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Obstacles facing women's grassroots development strategies in Mexico

Published:2001-12 Issue:4 Volume:33 Page:441-460
ISSN:0486-6134
Container-title:Review of Radical Political Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:Review of Radical Political Economics

Author:

Eber Christine E.¹,Tanski Janet M.²

Affiliation:

1. New Mexico State University, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, P.O. Box 30001, Department 3BV, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA

2. New Mexico State University, Department of Economics, P.O. Box 30001, Department 3CQ, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA; Tel.: + 1-505-646-2113; fax: + 1-505-646-1915

Abstract

Women in the indigenous township of San Pedro Chenalho, Chiapas have responded to economic crisis and structural adjustment in Mexico with cooperative survival strategies. While women have obtained a certain level of empowerment through these strategies, they have also faced severe obstacles to the development and success of their grassroots initiatives. This article examines the transformative potential of the women's collective projects, analyzes the obstacles they face, and considers the implications of the case of Chenalho for other marginalized communities facing similar impediments to grassroots development.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Philosophy

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/048661340103300405

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