Mexican Social Movements and the Transition to Democracy - Stolle-McAllister, John
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Between 1995 and 1996 in Tepoztlan, Morelos, a movement was made against the construction of a large tourist development project. The case gained international attention as community members rejected their elected officials, designed their own local government and eventually won bitter victory against both the state and the internationally financed corporation developing a golf course and country club. This work focuses on how, in a time of generalized political change in Mexico, activists blended local, national and transnational courses of identity and social change to produce political…mehr

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Between 1995 and 1996 in Tepoztlan, Morelos, a movement was made against the construction of a large tourist development project. The case gained international attention as community members rejected their elected officials, designed their own local government and eventually won bitter victory against both the state and the internationally financed corporation developing a golf course and country club. This work focuses on how, in a time of generalized political change in Mexico, activists blended local, national and transnational courses of identity and social change to produce political practices that allowed them to win redress of their grievances, to alter local social relations and to contribute to changes within the national political system. Here, the anti-golf movement is chronicled. Important symbolic and organizational networks within Tepoztlan that took part in the conflict are explored. The role of global influences on the community's everyday life is examined, as well as the ways in which the movement contributed to the evolution of a more democratic culture. Parallels in the more recent movement in Atenco against the construction of Mexico City's new international airport are analyzed.
Autorenporträt
John Stolle-McAllister is Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication and Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He earned his BA from Bates College and his MA in Hispanic Literatures and PhD in Comparative Studies of Discourse and Society from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Stolle-McAllister is the author of Mexican Social Movements and the Transition to Democracy, which analyzes two towns' resistance to development projects that threatened their livelihoods and their sense of community. His research and teaching interests include cultural change, environmental issues, and social movements in Latin America. He has been engaged with Kichwa communities in Ecuador since 2006.