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Este libro expone una tragedia que nunca debió suceder y que continúa ocurriendo. En la ribera del lago de Chapala, el más grande de México y la principal fuente de abasto de agua para la zona metropolitana de Guadalajara, se sufre una problemática ambiental, cultural y de salud, anclada en una historia de desigualdad e injusticia. Resultado de un amplio proyecto inter/transdisciplinario, el volumen da cuenta del proceso y los resultados de una investigación realizada en las comunidades de Mezcala y San Pedro Itzicán, cuyo propósito fue abordar el conjunto de violencias estructurales de las que son objeto sus pobladores a fin de facilitar la comprensión de los múltiples factores qu...
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This book presents new food production systems (for plants and animals) involving agrochemicals that increase in a controlled manner the bioactives content, under greenhouse conditions. Moreover, conception and design of new instrumentation for precision agriculture and aquiculture contributing in food production is also highlighted in this book.
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On the basis of interviews with low-income households and local employers, this study attempts to provide an analysis of the articulations between women, employment and household survival strategies in contemporary urban Mexico.
This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule of law? The answer to those questions lies in the ways in which Mexico's long history with authoritarian government shaped its judicial, taxation, and property rights institutions. These institutions, the authors argue, cannot be reformed with the stroke of a pen. Moreover, they represent powerful constraints on the ability of the Mexican government to fund welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and households to write contracts, and on the ability of citizens to enforce their basic rights.