Networks and Marginality

ForewordPreface to the English Edition1 Introduction Some Preliminary Findings A Design for Survival City and Countryside in Latin America An Ecological View of Migration Urban Growth and Shantytowns A Theory of Marginalization2 The Setting Mexico: Urbanization and Growth Underemployment in Mexico Mexico City: An Overview Low-Income Housing in Mexico City Cerrada del Cóndor Some Impressions of Shantytown Life3 Migration An Ecological Model of the Migration Process Migration Processes in Latin America A Historical Sketch of Migration in Mexico Migration and Cerrada del Cóndor4 Shantytown Economy Cerrada del Cóndor: Occupational Structure Unpaid Family Labor Economic Levels Occupation and Economic Level Income and Economic Level Housing and Property Ownership in Cerrada del Cóndor Material Belongings Economic Level and Life-Styles Schooling and Economic Levels An Informal Rotating Credit Institution: Tanda Summary and Conclusions5 Family and Kinship Marital Roles The Nuclear Family The Household: Definition Types of Households Some Comparisons of Households The Residential Pattern Kinship Relatives in the Country6 Networks of Reciprocal Exchange Classification of Reciprocity Networks Networks in Cerrada del Cóndor Analysis of a Residential Complex: Pericos Court Networks and Kindreds: The Villela Macronetwork Networks and Kinship7 Compadrazgo Compadrazgo in Cerrada del Cóndor Some Conclusions on Compadrazgo in Cerrada del Cóndor8 Formal and Informal Associations Cuatismo Local and National Associations9 Reciprocity and Confianza What Is Reciprocity? Scales of Reciprocity in Cerrada del Cóndor Confianza: A Variable of Reciprocal Exchange Confianza and Exchange in Cerrada del Cóndor Patron-Client Relations: The Cacique A Final Note on Forms of Exchange10 Conclusions Some Basic Concepts Networks Living in Cerrada del Cóndor The Future of ReciprocityReferencesIndex