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MUNOZ RODRIGUEZ, Carolina  e  VAZQUEZ GARCIA, Verónica. The neoliberal State and indigenous women: A case study of the Puebla Sierra Negra. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.53, pp.91-121. ISSN 1665-0565.

The present article aims at analyzing the development of capacities in indigenous women from the Puebla Sierra Negra, as a result of the State's intervention. The methodology used was mixed: a survey, three workshops, eight deep interviews and participating observation. Five government institutions were identified as being relevant for the women: Sedesol, CDI, Sagarpa/sdr, Semarnat and inea. It was verified that programs are fragmented, which has contributed (in a timid, erratic manner) to the development of some capacities. The neoliberal State has proved incapable of boosting them in a more convincing, orderly manner due to the contradictions existing between the commercial opening to agricultural products from the outside and the subsidies policy designed to fight the poverty that the opening itself generated.

Palavras-chave : gender; ethnic group; poverty; capacities; neoliberal State.