Abstract

GARIBAY, Claudio. El dilema corporativo del comunalismo forestal. Desacatos [online]. 2007, n.23, pp.251-274. ISSN 2448-5144.

This paper reflects on the effect that communal forestry ventures have on the social order of traditional indigenous peasant communities. From a material standpoint, the paper analyses the transformation of a family-oriented economy to a collectivist system that involves whole villages. In the realm of social reciprocity there's a shift from a liberal mode to a corporate one. In the political order there's an evolution towards a centralized self-government and a strong authority.This transformation process can be exemplified by the amazing case of the San Pedro el Alto Zapotec community, located on the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca.

Keywords : communal forestry; peasant society; corporativism; village economy; communal ethos; communal hegemony.