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

9312042 Stephens， L发展中国家的农村经济受到各种世界和当地事件的根本性改变，例如对原材料需求的变化或土地改革。本项目将评估最近美国和墨西哥之间的自由贸易协定和合生户结构调整对三个部门的性别和家庭关系的影响：农村合生户社区、非合生户农村自给社区和城市非正规部门。研究将集中于六个地点的区域因素，如不断变化的就业机会、土地价格和家庭动态。研究者预测，墨西哥的经济结构调整将根据地区、性别、年龄和种族对农村和城市贫困人口产生不同的影响。在当地研究地点探讨的具体主题包括劳动的性别分工、家庭、婚姻和家庭关系、迁移模式、政治动员和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六个地点。这项为女性科学家提供的研究计划资助要求为一个五年期项目的前18个月提供资金，以促进在瓦哈卡州进行一项试点研究，并使主要研究者有时间收集背景数据，以便撰写一份为期三年的NSF提案，以完成整个项目。具体的规划活动包括：(1)用1993- 1994年夏季和学年的一部分时间在墨西哥瓦哈卡州的三个社区进行一项试点研究；(2) 1994-95学年，在加州圣地亚哥的美墨研究中心用一个月的时间，利用济州岛家庭数据库设计问题，收集瓦哈卡州和纳亚里特州的背景数据；(3)利用1994- 1995年研究者休假年的部分时间撰写一份多年期的NSF提案，以资助该项目剩余三年的研究；(4)在18个月的规划期内，阅读墨西哥的相关资料，与参与墨西哥土地结构调整研究的学者进行交流。* * *

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. ***