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

这是一项研究的影响，村改革在墨西哥农村。 这项改革始于1991-92年， 旨在使土地最终私有化成为可能 以前是由 墨西哥种植者 该项目将通过在墨西哥Michoac的Zamora山谷进行试点研究进行。 该项目由国家科学基金会的女科学家和工程师研究规划赠款方案资助。 自墨西哥革命以来，公有土地一直是墨西哥农业的一个基本特征。 村社制度的批评者声称，它阻碍了经济发展;该制度的捍卫者则认为，它的侵蚀将导致不平等和无土地现象的加剧。 对改革早期阶段的研究将有助于阐明这种对立论点的是非曲直。 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政治稳定的影响 和 链接 到 世界 经济 世界上许多其他地方也提出或尝试过土地私有化改革，墨西哥的经验将有助于提高对土地私有化的科学认识。 这些改革的后果。 除了其科学和实践的重要性，这笔赠款将使一个有才华的年轻研究人员进行试点研究，准备一个更大的项目的资金申请。

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.