Networks and Marginality
Life in a Mexican Shantytown
Published on 10. May 2014
246 pages
978-1-4832-6881-1 (ISBN)
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Networks and Marginality: Life in a Mexican Shantytown describes the life and survival of economically marginal or poor people in Cerrada del Cóndor, a shantytown of about 200 houses in the southern part of Mexico City. The field work is carried out between 1969 and 1971 using combined anthropological and quantitative methods. This book is composed of 10 chapters and begins with an overview of the theoretical concepts essential for an adequate comprehension of the later chapters, followed by a summary of the development and evolution of Mexico City as they relate to Cerrada del Cóndor. Considerable chapters examine the migration process, the economy, the family and kinship patterns, and the reciprocity networks and associated mechanisms of survival value in the shantytown. The remaining chapters discuss some of the relevant theoretical points raised by the findings, including the reciprocity, the confianza concept, and the importance of informal economic exchange in complex urban societies. This book will prove useful to economists, anthropologists, social scientists, and researchers.
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ForewordPreface to the English Edition1 Introduction Some Preliminary Findings A Design for Survival City and Countryside in Latin America An Ecological View of Migration Urban Growth and Shantytowns A Theory of Marginalization2 The Setting Mexico: Urbanization and Growth Underemployment in Mexico Mexico City: An Overview Low-Income Housing in Mexico City Cerrada del Cóndor Some Impressions of Shantytown Life3 Migration An Ecological Model of the Migration Process Migration Processes in Latin America A Historical Sketch of Migration in Mexico Migration and Cerrada del Cóndor4 Shantytown Economy Cerrada del Cóndor: Occupational Structure Unpaid Family Labor Economic Levels Occupation and Economic Level Income and Economic Level Housing and Property Ownership in Cerrada del Cóndor Material Belongings Economic Level and Life-Styles Schooling and Economic Levels An Informal Rotating Credit Institution: Tanda Summary and Conclusions5 Family and Kinship Marital Roles The Nuclear Family The Household: Definition Types of Households Some Comparisons of Households The Residential Pattern Kinship Relatives in the Country6 Networks of Reciprocal Exchange Classification of Reciprocity Networks Networks in Cerrada del Cóndor Analysis of a Residential Complex: Pericos Court Networks and Kindreds: The Villela Macronetwork Networks and Kinship7 Compadrazgo Compadrazgo in Cerrada del Cóndor Some Conclusions on Compadrazgo in Cerrada del Cóndor8 Formal and Informal Associations Cuatismo Local and National Associations9 Reciprocity and Confianza What Is Reciprocity? Scales of Reciprocity in Cerrada del Cóndor Confianza: A Variable of Reciprocal Exchange Confianza and Exchange in Cerrada del Cóndor Patron-Client Relations: The Cacique A Final Note on Forms of Exchange10 Conclusions Some Basic Concepts Networks Living in Cerrada del Cóndor The Future of ReciprocityReferencesIndex
