Dissertation Research: Engaging the State from Peripheral Places: Emerging Citizenship Discourses in Michoacan, Mexico

华盛顿大学纳尔逊 博士论文研究将探讨新自由主义经济和政治结构调整背景下政治变革的起源和特征。 为了探讨这个问题，研究将强调在墨西哥新兴的公民话语的性别和种族层面，通过深入分析政治身份如何发展，并成为嵌入在社区一级的政治实践。 通过对米霍坎州梅塞塔普尔赫佩查社区发展政治的比较研究，对公民身份与政治实践之间的关系进行了实证分析。 这两个目标是检查公民身份话语的出现在个人经历的背景下，政治活动，并解释社区成员如何将公民身份的叙述转化为特定的做法，从事当地国家官员。 在两个社区的实地考察将强调生活史的深入访谈和参与者访谈和观察。

Lise K Nelson University of Washington The doctoral dissertation research will examine the origins and character of political change in the context of neo-liberal economic and political restructuring. In order to explore this question, the research will emphasize the gender and ethnic dimensions of emerging citizenship discourses in Mexico, through in-depth analysis of how political identities develop and become embedded within political practice at the community level. The empirical analysis of the relationship between citizenship and political practice are approached through a comparative investigation of community development politics in the Meseta Purhepecha, Michoacan. The two objectives are to examine the emergence of citizenship discourses in the context of personal experiences with political activism and to explain how community members translate narratives of citizenship into particular practices that engage local state officials. Fieldwork in two communities will emphasize in-depth interviews of life history and participant interviews and observations.