NAFTA and the campesinos
Subtitle: the impact of NAFTA on small-scale agricultural producers in Mexico and the prospects for change
By: editors: Juan M. Rivera, Scott Whiteford, and Manuel Chavez.
Contributors: Rivera, Juan M., 1944-; Whiteford, Scott, 1942-; Chavez, Manuel, 1953-
Publisher: University of Scranton Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Scranton [Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781589661806
Subjects: Canada; Free trade -- Mexico; Family farms -- Mexico; Free trade -- North America; Mexico -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: NAFTA's impact on Mexican agriculture: an overview / Manuel Angel Gomez Cruz and Rita Schwentesius Rindermann; title: Asymmetry of resources, access to information, and transparency as structural development challenges in rural areas / Manuel Chavez; title: Globalization, the state, and the role of agro-industry in Mexico's development / Mark A. Martinez and Gaspar Real Cabello; title: Sweet protectionism: state policy and employment in the sugar industries of the NAFTA countries / Gerardo Otero and Cornelia Butler Flora; title: Multinational agribusiness and small corn producers in rural Mexico: new alternatives for agricultural development / Juan M. Rivera; title: Transnationals and agriculture by contract: The case of three frozen-food companies in Mexico / Elia Patlin Martinez and Juan de Dios Trujillo Felix; title: The organic farming sector in Mexico: an example of resistance to globalization / Laura Gomez Tovar and Manuel Angel Gomez Cruz; title: Bimbo-Coronado and goat-keepers in Matehuala / Juan de Dios Trujillo Felix, Elia Patlin Martinez, and Rita Schwentesius Rindermann.