Privatizing Property Rights and Reshaping State-Peasant Relations: A Preliminary Study of the Implementation of Ejido Reform in Michoacan, Mexico

这是一项关于墨西哥农村地区ejido改革影响的研究。这项改革始于1991-92年，旨在使以前由墨西哥耕种者共同拥有的土地最终私有化成为可能。该项目将在墨西哥米却克州的萨莫拉山谷进行试点研究。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的女科学家和女工程师研究规划补助计划资助。自墨西哥革命以来，集体所有的土地一直是农业墨西哥的一个基本特征。Ejido系统的批评者声称它阻碍了经济发展；该系统的捍卫者辩称，它的侵蚀将导致不平等和无地情况的加剧。从改革的早期阶段进行研究，将有助于揭示这些对立论点的可取之处。它还将阐明这一重要改革对墨西哥农民的社会和经济生活以及对墨西哥的政治稳定和与世界经济的联系的影响。土地私有化改革已在世界许多其他地区提出或尝试，墨西哥的经验将有助于增进对这类改革后果的科学认识。除了其科学和实践的重要性外，这笔赠款还将使一位有才华的年轻研究人员能够进行试点研究，为一个更大的项目准备资金申请。

This is a study of the impact of the ejido reform in rural Mexico. That reform, initiated in 1991-92, is designed to make possible the eventual privatization of lands that were formerly held communally by Mexican cultivators. The project will be conducted through pilot research in the Zamora Valley, Michoac n, Mexico. This project is funded through NSF's program of Research Planning Grants for Women Scientists and Engineers. Communally held land has been a basic feature of agrarian Mexico since the time of the Mexican revolution. Critics of the ejido system claim that it hinders economic development; defenders of the system argue that its erosion will lead to increased inequality and landlessness. A study of the reform from its early stages will throw light on the merits of such opposing arguments. It will also illuminate the impact of this important reform on the social and economic lives of Mexican farmers and on Mexico's political stability and links to the world economy. Land privatization reforms have been proposed or tried in many other parts of the world, and the Mexican experience will contribute to growing scientific understanding of the consequences of such reforms. In addition to its scientific and practical importance, this grant will enable a talented young researcher to conduct pilot research to prepare a request for funding for a larger project.