The Impact of Agrarian Restructuring on Mexican Gender and Family Relations: 1993-1998

9312042斯蒂芬斯，L发展中国家的农村经济被各种世界和地方事件从根本上改变，例如对原材料的需求变化或土地改革。该项目将评估最近美国和墨西哥之间的自由贸易协定和ejido重组对三个部门的性别和家庭关系的影响：农村ejido社区、非ejido农村自给自足社区和城市非正规部门。研究将集中在六个地点的地区性因素，如变化的就业机会、地价和家庭动态。这位调查人员预测，墨西哥的经济结构调整将在地区、性别、年龄和种族方面对农村和城市穷人产生不同的影响。将在当地研究地点探索的具体主题包括按性别划分的劳动、家庭、婚姻和家庭关系、移民模式、政治动员以及对社区文化机构的参与。研究最终将扩展到瓦哈卡和纳亚里特的总共六个地点。这项面向女科学家的研究规划补助金要求为一个五年期项目的前18个月提供资金，以促进瓦哈卡州的一项试点研究，并让首席调查员有时间收集背景数据，以编写一份为期三年的国家科学基金会提案，以完成整个项目。具体的规划活动包括：(1)1993-94年夏季和学年的一部分时间在墨西哥瓦哈卡州，在三个社区进行一项试点研究；(2)1994-1995学年，在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥的美墨研究中心花一个月的时间，利用埃吉多家庭的数据库，为瓦哈卡州和纳亚里特州提出问题和收集背景数据；(3)用1994-95年研究人员休假年的部分时间起草一份多年的国家科学基金会提案，为该项目的其余三年提供资金；(4)阅读Mexico上的相关材料，并在18个月的规划期内与参与研究墨西哥土地结构调整的学者交流。***

9312042 Stephens, L Rural economies in developing nations are fundamentally altered by a variety of world and local events such as variation in demand for raw commodities or land reforms. This project will evaluate the impact of the recent free trade agreement between the US and Mexico and ejido restructuring on gender and family relations in three sectors: rural ejido communities, non-ejido rural subsistence communities, and in the urban informal sector. Research will focus on regional factors such a changing employment availability, land prices and family dynamics in six sites. The investigator predicts that economic restructuring in Mexico will have different effects on the rural and urban poor in relation to region, gender, age, and ethnicity. The specific topics to be explored in local reserach sites include the gendered division of labor, household, marital and family relationships, migration patterns, political mobilization, and participation in community cultural institutions. Research will be eventually be extended to a total of six sites in Oaxaca and Nayarit. This Research Planning Grant for Women Scientists requests funding for the first 18 months of a five year project to facilitate a pilot study in the state of Oaxaca and to allow the principle investigator time to gather background data to write a three-year NSF proposal to complete the full project. Specific planning activities include: (1) spending part of the 1993-94 summer and academic year in Oaxaca, Mexico to institute a pilot study in three communities; (2) spending one month during the 1994-95 academic year at the Center for US-Mexican Studies in San Diego, California using the data base on ejido household to frame questions and collect background data for the states of Oaxaca and Nayarit; (3) spending part of the investigator's sabbatical year, 1994-95 writing a multi-year NSF proposal to fund the remaining three years of this project; and (4) reading relevant materials available in Me xico and communication with scholars involved in research on agrarian restructuring in Mexico during the 18 month planning period. ***