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Author Robson, James P

Title Communities Surviving Migration : Village Governance, Environment and Cultural Survival in Indigenous Mexico
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement Ser
Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement Ser
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Spanish and local (Oaxacan) terms; Part I: Setting the scene; Chapter 1: Communities surviving migration? The migration-community-environment nexus; Introduction; Demographic transitions and a changing rurality; Migration and environment in Indigenous commons; Oaxaca, Mexico as case study; Migration, environment, and community in Indigenous Oaxaca; Structure of the book; Part I: Setting the scene; Part II: Empirical case studies
Part III: Synthesis and conclusionsNote; References; Chapter 2: Population, territory, and governance in rural Oaxaca; Introduction; Demographics, biocultural diversity, and poverty; Territorial use and land tenure; Village politics and governance; Institutions of collective work and communal service; Usos y Costumbres as governance framework; The ideology of collective work and communal service; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Migration dynamics and migrant organizing in rural Oaxaca; Introduction; Evolving migration histories and dynamics; Migration from the Sierra Norte
Migrations from the MixtecaSummary; The emergence of translocal migrant communities; Traditions of migrant organizing; Migrant umbrella associations; Final reflections; Notes; References; Part II: Empirical case studies; Chapter 4: Avatars of community: The Zapotec migrants of the Zoogocho micro-region; Summary; Methods; Setting; Migration, demographic change, and remittance trends; History of migrant organizing; Migration and customary governance; Migration and women as political actors in local governance; Conclusions and reflections; Notes; References
Chapter 5: Santa María Tindú: The tip of a melting icebergSummary; Methods; Setting; Migration history; Population; Migration pre-IRCA; Migration post-IRCA; Return migration; Migration and village governance; Migration and village development; Reorienting translocal governance and development goals; Migration and conservation; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Children of the wind: Migration and change in Santa María Yavesía; Summary; Methods; Setting and introduction; Migration history (1940-present); Migrants as key actors in community and regional development
Migration and territorial governanceMigrants as promoters of Indigenous sports and culture; Migration and village governance; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 7: More space and more constraint: Migration and environment in Santa Cruz Tepetotutla; Summary; Methods; Setting; History of migration; Future of migration; More space: migration and environment; Productive conservation as an alternative to migration; More constraint: community controls on migration; The 'Reglamento' as community discipline; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; Notes; References
Notes Chapter 8: Migration, community, and land use in San Juan Evangelista Analco
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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