Agrarian crisis and social differentiation in Mexico |
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| Authors: | Roger Bartra Gerardo Otero |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, Torre de Humanidades II , Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico , D.F. , Mexico;2. Center for U.S.‐Mexican Studies , University of California , San Diego, D‐010, La Jolla , CA , 92093 , USA |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the double crisis of Mexican agriculture: one relating to the capitalist sector, the other to the peasant economy. An analysis of cash crops in contrast with subsistence crops is provided, using production and prices data for the 940–83 period. Then, based on the 1970 census, we present a spectrum of social differentiation of agrarian producers in Mexico which reflects the extent to which the peasant economy had been eroded by that year. By contrasting these data with those of 1960, we illustrate how the middle peasantry tends to disappear. |
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