Back to the land: migratory return and forced re-peasantization in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico
Linked to the American economic crisis that erupted at the end of 2007, the Mezquital Valley has experienced a high migratory return. International migration had defined a fundamental part of this region’s economic dynamics since the end of the last century. The author raises the question of how the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/12269 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/perspectivasrurales/article/view/12269 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mezquital Valley migratory return re-peasantization Valle del Mezquital retorno migratorio recampesinización |
| Sumario: | Linked to the American economic crisis that erupted at the end of 2007, the Mezquital Valley has experienced a high migratory return. International migration had defined a fundamental part of this region’s economic dynamics since the end of the last century. The author raises the question of how the international migrants that returned from the United States to the Mezquital Valley are related to the farming activity. The author concludes there is an urgent need for a re-peasantization process forced by agriculture and local job market conditions. |
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