Author: VÍCTOR ZÚÑIGAPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Reseña de "Inequidad y movilidad social en Monterrey" de Patricio Solís
Author: VÍCTOR ZÚÑIGAInequidad y movilidad social en Monterrey
Author: Patricio SolísPublisher: El Colegio de Mexico AC
ISBN: 9789681212704
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : es
Pages : 364
Book Description
En este libro se realiza un recorrido detallado por los cambios en la movilidad y la desigualdad social en Monterrey y a lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo pasado, sobre la base del estudio clasico realizado por Balan, Browning y Jelin en 1965 (El hombre en una sociedad en desarrollo, Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1977), y un segundo estudio que replica al anterior y se apoya en una encuesta aplicada en el ano 2000. En esta obra se sugiere que los cambios estructurales del ultimo cuarto de siglo alteraron significativamente los patrones de movilidad y desigualdad social, aunque con matices que desafian cualquier interpretacion simplista de las transformaciones en la estratificacion social.
Beyond Mestizaje
Author: Tania Islas WeinsteinPublisher: Amherst College Press
ISBN: 1943208689
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism.
Reseña de "Cambio estructural y movilidad social en México" de Fernando Cortés, Agustín Escobar y Patricio Solís (coords.)
Author: SALVADOR COBODesigualdad, movilidad social y curso de vida en la Ciudad de México
Author: Patricio SolísPublisher:
ISBN: 9786076281901
Category : Equality
Languages : es
Pages : 455
Book Description
Cambio estructural y movilidad social en México
Author: Generaciones, cursos de vida y desigualdad social en México
Author: Marie-Laure CoubèsPublisher:
ISBN: 9786074792423
Category : Cambio social
Languages : es
Pages : 509
Book Description
The Two Faces of Fear
Author: Ana VillarrealPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197688039
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Over the past two decades, increased criminal and state violence has profoundly transformed everyday life in Mexico. In The Two Faces of Fear, Ana Villarreal draws on two years of qualitative fieldwork conducted during a major turf war in Monterrey, Mexico to trace the far-reaching impact of fear and violence on social ties, daily practices, and everyday spaces. Villarreal brings two seemingly contradictory faces of fear into focus--its ability to both isolate and concentrate people and resources, deepening inequality. While all residents of one of Mexico's largest metropolises confronted new threats, the most privileged leveraged vastly unequal resources to spatially concentrate and defend one municipality more fiercely than the rest. Within this defended city, business, nightlife, and public space thrived at the expense of the greater metropolis. The book puts forth a new approach to the study of emotion and provides tangible evidence of how quickly fear worsens inequality beyond Mexico and the "war on drugs."
Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
Author: Francisco H. G. FerreiraPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821397230
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in poverty is equal to the size of the middle class. This volume investigates the nature, determinants and possible consequences of this remarkable process of social transformation. We propose an original definition of the middle class, tailor-made for Latin America, centered on the concept of economic security and thus a low probability of falling into poverty. Given our definition of the middle class, there are four, not three, classes in Latin America. Sandwiched between the poor and the middle class there lies a large group of people who appear to make ends meet well enough, but do not enjoy the economic security that would be required for membership of the middle class. We call this group the 'vulnerable'. In an almost mechanical sense, these transformations in Latin America reflect both economic growth and declining inequality in over the period. We adopt a measure of mobility that decomposes the 'gainers' and 'losers' in society by social class of each household. The continent has experienced a large amount of churning over the last 15 years, at least 43% of all Latin Americans changed social classes between the mid 1990s and the end of the 2000s. Despite the upward mobility trend, intergenerational mobility, a better proxy for inequality of opportunity, remains stagnant. Educational achievement and attainment remain to be strongly dependent upon parental education levels. Despite the recent growth in pro-poor programs, the middle class has benefited disproportionally from social security transfers and are increasingly opting out from government services. Central to the region's prospects of continued progress will be its ability to harness the new middle class into a new, more inclusive social contract, where the better-off pay their fair share of taxes, and demand improved public services.
Pigmentocracies
Author: Edward TellesPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469617846
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Pigmentocracies--the fruit of the multiyear Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America (PERLA)--is a richly revealing analysis of contemporary attitudes toward ethnicity and race in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, four of Latin America's most populous nations. Based on extensive, original sociological and anthropological data generated by PERLA, this landmark study analyzes ethnoracial classification, inequality, and discrimination, as well as public opinion about Afro-descended and indigenous social movements and policies that foster greater social inclusiveness, all set within an ethnoracial history of each country. A once-in-a-generation examination of contemporary ethnicity, this book promises to contribute in significant ways to policymaking and public opinion in Latin America. Edward Telles, PERLA's principal investigator, explains that profound historical and political forces, including multiculturalism, have helped to shape the formation of ethnic identities and the nature of social relations within and across nations. One of Pigmentocracies's many important conclusions is that unequal social and economic status is at least as much a function of skin color as of ethnoracial identification. Investigators also found high rates of discrimination by color and ethnicity widely reported by both targets and witnesses. Still, substantial support across countries was found for multicultural-affirmative policies--a notable result given that in much of modern Latin America race and ethnicity have been downplayed or ignored as key factors despite their importance for earlier nation-building.