Brokerage, capital accumulation and development: Transporters in the process of economic and political change in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Title
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Brokerage, capital accumulation and development: Transporters in the process of economic and political change in Chiapas, Mexico.
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Identifier
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AAI8914773
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identifier
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8914773
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Creator
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Loyola, Luis Jaime.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Eric R. Wolf
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Date
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1988
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Anthropology, Cultural
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Abstract
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This research examines the relationship between transportation and development, which is explored at two levels.;At the economic level, this relationship is analyzed through the process of capital accumulation stemming from the activity of transporting cash-crops and commodities necessary for their production. The central question explored is, whether the accumulated capital stays within the community in the hands of local transporters or escapes the community level in the hands of non-community transporters. The data gathered shows that 77.17% of the money spent in the transportation of coffee, honey, and fertilizer for corn and coffee escapes the municipal level.;At the political level, the relationship between transportation and development is explored through the study of haulers in their struggle to control transportation services. The key issue discussed is, whether the conflict generated by competing caciques over transport services contributes to the development process. The data gathered shows that the struggle to control transportation services does not contribute to development since corruption and killing does not help to build up people's trust in the system.;Participant observation in the field as well as structured and open-ended interviews were used to gather data. Similarly, observation of transporters' daily activities, through participant observation, allowed for situational analysis of brokerage/transporter functions. Situational analysis was not limited to formal contacts but included social and leisure contacts in such behavior settings as dances, school graduations and inaugurations, baptisms, and religious and civil festivities.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
