State, Capital, and Rural Society - Anthropological Perspectives on Political Economy in Mexico Andes

List of contents

1 Anthropology, Capitalism, and the State: Introduction, PART 1 APPROACHES 2 Anthropology, History, and Modes of Production, 3 Anthropology and Theories of the State, PART 2 CASES 4 Commodity Production, Class Differentiation, and the Role of the State in the Morelos Highlands: An Historical Approach, 5 Rural Labor and Income Distribution in Central Chiapas, 6 Agricultural Policy in Mexico: The Limits of a Growth Model, 7 Limits to the Articulation of Modes of Production Approach: The Southwestern Peru Region, 8 The Peasant Community of Catacaos and the Peruvian Agrarian Reform, 9 Some Doubts About Trout: Fisheries Development Projects in Lake Titicaca, and Dominique 10 Small-Scale Mining and Agriculture Among the Jukumani Indians, Northern Potosi, Bolivia, 11 Neither Green Gold nor The Devil's Leaf: Coca Farming in Bolivia, PART 3 CONCLUSION 12 Room to Maneuver: A Review of the Regions.

Summary

This volume represents recent anthropological research on the political economy of Latin America. Dependency theories, modes of production analysis, and theories of the state all attempt to conceptualize the interrelations among "class," "interest," and, at some level, "power."

Product details

• Authors: Michael W Foley, Thomas F Love, Ben Orlove, Ben Foley Orlove, Orlove Ben
• Assisted by: Michael W. Foley (Editor), Thomas F. Love (Editor), Benjamin S. Orlove (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367304201
• ISBN: 978-0-367-30420-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General