"Whither
the Lumpen-Proletariat? Street Vendors and Mexican Politics at
the turn of the Millenium," Yale Latin American Review,
Feb. 2000. (link to be posted later).
"Cooptation, Competition and
Resistance: State and Street Vendors in Mexico City,"
(This is a draft of an article published in Latin American
Perspectives, Vol. 25, #2, March 1988, pp 41-61. See the
journal for the final version.)
This innovative article challenges the current "common
knowledge" about cooptation theory in Mexico using a case
study approach that compares research carried out over a period
of three years with four different struggles between street
vendors and the city government in Mexico City.
The Great Rip-off:
"Commercial Plazas", Street Vendors and the
"System" In Mexico City's Historical Center. Article
written for the Street Market
Internet Server
"Breaking down Clientelism: The
Formalization of Street Vending in Mexico City". (This is a
draft of the English version of a paper published in the Revista
Mexicana de Sociologia, Vol 59, #4, 1997. The paper is
entitled in Spanish: "Debilitando al Clientelismo: La
Formalizacion del Ambulantaje en la Ciudad de Mexico".)
This article provides evidence of the effect of the
disasterous attempt to relocate street vendors from the
historical district of Mexico City into fixed market structures
during the pre-election period of 1992-1993.
"Formalizing the Informal Economy:
The Case of Street Vendors in Mexico City". (Presented at
American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C. 8/21/95.)
This article discusses the political processes behind the
market relocation program carried out in Mexico City between
1992-1993.
"Taking Street Vendors off the Street:
Historical Parallels in Mexico City". (English draft of a
paper published in Spanish as: "El desalojo de los
vendedores ambulantes: paralelismos historicos en la ciudad de
Mexico" in Revista Mexicana de Sociología Vol 58,
#2. 1996.)
This article discusses the period of repression of street
vending in 1950s in which the government constructed over 50,000
market stalls for them. It argues that in the end the program
laid the basis for the present powerful organizations of street
vendors.
"The Political Economy of Formalization:
Two Moments in the Repression of Street Vending in Mexico
City."
This is a combination of the above two papers with a direct
comparison of conflict during two periods during which the
government attempted to eliminate street vending in large areas
of Mexico City. I am working on a revised version.
"Streetvending in Urban Mexico:
Refuge or Career?" (Presented at Pacific Sociological Assoc.
Annual Meeting. Irvine, CA. 4/14/91.)
This is a very early discussion of preliminary research with
street vendors in Mexico City. The next article provides a much
smoother account of the same basic research, but with a more
focused audience in mind.
"Retailing in a
neighborhood street market: A Tianguista family in Mexico
City" (forthcoming in Cases in Retailing, Third
Edition. Robert F. Lusch & Patrick Dunne (eds). 1988.
Publisher to be determined.)
This was written for a retail management casebook, which I
thought was an interesting idea, since it was always part of my
contention that street vending represents a viable form of
retailing that should be respected as such.
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