For the turtles’ sake: Miracles,the third sector and hegemony on the coast of Oaxaca (Mexico)

Abstract

Turtle fishing – which defined life and work, and the tempo and contours of the coast of Oaxaca – was halted by presidential decree in 1990. The industry’s workers converted from predators into guardians of nature under the stewardship of an emergent civil society that coordinated the efforts of environmental NGOs, the regulations of corresponding governmental agencies, and funding from private and public donors. Here I discuss the material and ideological transformation of the social relations of production in an ‘environmental’ class project. I argue an interpretation focused on the relation between coercion and consent in a hegemonic process of class rule.

Keywords

environmentalism hegemony Mexico Oaxaca third sector third way

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