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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"ejidos"”.
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Collecting Ideals: Re-envisioning ejidos as climate-action platforms
Established by constitutional decree in 1917, ejidos were considered on of the most successful outcomes of the Mexican Revolution's fight to redistribute land back to the indigenous populations in a collective land tenure system or 'commons.' After decades of operation in which neoliberal critics …
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City growth and community-owned land in Mexico City
… factors that also have a strong influence in the ejidos' behavior towards land privatization: the hindering effect of community participation on privatization; the permanence of a clientelistic relationship between ejidos and government; and agrarian communities' cultural attachment to land. These …
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Essays in economic development and political economy
… over half of its surface area in the form of ejidos: farms comprised of individual and communal plots that were granted to a group of petitioners. Rights to ejido plots were non-transferable, renting plots was prohibited, and many decisions about the use of ejido lands had to be countersigned …
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THE FORGING OF CASTILIAN LAW: LAND DISPUTES BEFORE THE ROYAL AUDIENCIA AND THE TRANSMISSION OF A LEGAL TRADITION
… the Audiencia. Title to communal lands, such as ejidos, pastos, and montes, were also disputed by villages, towns, and cities. The Audiencia consistently applied principles found in fueros (charters enumerating specific rights), royal concessions, and bodies of law such as the Fuero Juzgo, …
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Three essays on environmental economics in developing countries
This dissertation focuses on research questions in environmental economics, in the context of developing countries. Specifically, I focus on two main themes. The first one is related to the relationship between agricultural productivity and deforestation, as well as the effect community forest …