Between 1995 and 1996 in Tepoztlan, Morelos, a movement was made
against the construction of a large tourist development project.
The case gained international attention as community members
rejected their elected officials, designed their own local
government and eventually won bitter victory against both the state
and the internationally financed corporation developing a golf
course and country club. This work focuses on how, in a time of
generalized political change in Mexico, activists blended local,
national and transnational courses of identity and social change to
produce political practices that allowed them to win redress of
their grievances, to alter local social relations and to contribute
to changes within the national political system. Here, the
anti-golf movement is chronicled. Important symbolic and
organizational networks within Tepoztlan that took part in the
conflict are explored. The role of global influences on the
community's everyday life is examined, as well as the ways in which
the movement contributed to the evolution of a more democratic
culture. Parallels in the more recent movement in Atenco against
the construction of Mexico City's new international airport are
analyzed.
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