Social Environmental Conflicts in Mexico

Darcy Tetreault is Professor in the Department of Development Studies at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico, and Adjunct Professor of International Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, CA. Cindy McCulligh is Associate Researcher in the Consortium for Research and Dialogue on Local Government (CIDIGLO) at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico, and an adviser for the Colectivo Ecologista Jalisco, Mexico. ​ Carlos Lucio is Professor Researcher at the Autonomous University of Chapingo, Mexico, at the regional center in Morelia, Michoacán.

• 1. An Introduction to Social Environmental Conflicts and Alternatives in Mexico.- 2. Energy Privatization and Land Grabbing: The Scope and Contradictions of the Mexican Neoliberal Oil Mega-Initiative.- 3. Winds of Resistance in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.- 4. Political Class Formation in Opposition to the Zapotillo Dam.- 5. The Grey Side of Green Growth: Environmental Regulation and the Industrial Pollution of the Santiago River.- 6. Water in Zacatecas: A Crisis without Conflict.- 7. Thermal Waters, Ecotourism and Indigenous Community in the Mezquital Valley of Hidalgo.- 8. Traditional Mezcal Production in Zapotitlán de Vadillo.- 9. Taking Stock of Contestation and Alternatives to Neoliberal Capitalism in Mexico.