Neoliberal Restructuring, Neoregulation, and the Mexican Poultry Industry

This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Agriculture and Human Values. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-013-9431-0.The US poultry industry based on flexible accumulation has been advanced as the model of agro-industrial development for agrifood globalization. Similarly, Mexico has been presented as a noteworthy example of the negative effects of neoliberal restructuring associated with the globalization project. In this paper we use both of these assertions as points of departure to guide an investigation of the case of the restructuring of the Mexican poultry industry. Informed by a commodity systems analysis, archival data and key informant interviews are used to generate an overview of the history of the poultry industry in Mexico. A sociology of agrifood theoretical framework informed by regimes theory is employed to analyze the events of the case. We conclude that neoregulation related to the IMF and NAFTA restructuring in Mexico facilitated the diffusion of the US model of poultry productionSociolog

El trabajador universitario: entre el malestar y la lucha Professors: between discomfort and fight

Las modificaciones en el mundo del trabajo producidas por la crisis de acumulación capitalista han transformado así mismo las condiciones de desarrollo de la labor docente. En un mundo cada vez más complejo y competitivo, la institución universitaria es atravesada por múltiples y contradictorias exigencias que se manifiestan en la salud de sus trabajadores. Este trabajo analiza fenómenos como la precarización del trabajo docente y sus implicaciones en la salud física y mental de los trabajadores universitarios, revisando las investigaciones recientes sobre el síndrome de burnout y padecimientos similares en México. Así mismo reflexiona sobre los límites y posibilidades de la acción política emancipadora por parte de los trabajadores de la educación.<br>The crisis of capitalist accumulation has brought changes in the world of work that have also affected the working conditions of professors. In a world increasingly complex and competitive, universities are traversed by multiple and conflicting demands that have impacts on their workers' health. This paper analyzes the phenomena of precarious work in the teaching profession and its implications for the physical and mental health of university employees. It reviews recent research on the burnout syndrome and similar sufferings in Mexico to reflect on the limits and possibilities of emancipatory political action by education workers