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This paper frames the history of the Second Empire in Mexico within the international context, studying the influence of the situation and the European conflicts of the time, the diplomacy developed by Maximilian and the role of the United States before the French Intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper delves into an analysis of illegality in migration, from a migrant perspective. To do this, established and assimilated historical practices in selected groups of Mexican migrants were analyzed according to immigration status and settlement area. The argument presented here is that illegality has a functional character for the reproduction of the migrant trajectory. This is demonstrated using a comparative analysis of the way migrants' decisions allow them to integrate their trajectories into two contexts which show unequal development. Such integration determines its functionality independently of the existence of restrictive migration policies in nation-state contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to present the initial results of a study on Maya-Yucatecan migrant women who have settled permanently in Los Angeles, California. The reasons that led them to migrate are addressed as well as the way they came to the United States and joined the work force. Certain aspects that permitted their insertion into Los Angeles society are highlighted, together with identity recovery practices to show that adaptation to the host culture is slow, irregular and incomplete, but enough for them to deploy survival strategies. The paper is based on the assumption that female migration lends this phenomenon specific characteristic that warrant special attention. Accordingly, the analysis of the document is based on an interpretation of the meaning of the actions, for which the content of ten in-depth interviews conducted in Los Angeles in 2012 was used. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The threat of transnational organized crime is a major concern in the international arena. This article, based on qualitative interviews with 133 migrant smugglers operating in the border between Mexico and the United States, aims to examine if migrant smuggling networks operating in Mexico carry terrorist to the United States. This paper concludes that although half of the respondents thought that the terrorists could reach the United States using migrant smuggling networks, none had direct knowledge about the passage of terrorists through the border between Mexico and the United States. Moreover, the data collected indicate that it is unlikely that Mexican migrant smugglers could stablish alliances with terrorist groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of labor income prior to migration on the income obtained by migrants in the destination economy, in the case of temporary Mexican migrants in the United States. The data used comes from the Emif Norte survey conducted between 1999 and 2009. High relative and absolute mobility is observed. Hourly income is multiplied by a factor of four in the destination economy, while the effect of a 10 % increase in labor income in Mexico results in less than a 1 % increase in labor income in the United States. The results show that labor income in Mexico has little predictive power for the job performance of Mexican migrants in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents some statistical data on the Hispanic population in the United States and its growth, caused by a sustained immigrant influx. The paper develops the following points: 1) the importance and relevance of the Hispanic population in the United States; 2) the role of Mexican and Central American migration as the main sources of manual labor for the American economy; 3) the importance of migrants in the regional and national development in the countries of origin; 4) the situation and perspectives of the second generation; 5) the long-term integration of the Latin American immigrant population in the United States. The supporting arguments of recent essays criticizing the presence of the Hispanic population in the United States are examined as being a threat to English dominance and a factor for cultural disintegration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper discusses previous research on the Mexican case regarding poverty dynamics and social mobility, in order to know the main findings of the literature. The objective is to draw up research questions and hypothesis to continue researching this theme in the future. The introduction discusses the importance of poverty dynamics as a research perspective for Mexican case. The second part describes the main findings of the literature on intergenerational mobility. The third part describes the main findings of the literature on intra-generational mobility and poverty dynamics. The last part discusses the evidence presented and draw up research questions and hypothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social housing asa paradigm of Modernity has been widely released In periodicals of twentieth century. Urban studies, typologies and formal proposals of Modern Movement were legitimated by them. Moreover, Latin-America has been propitious for the development of large social housing ensembles from the beginning of the second half of the century. Thus, this paper focuses on a particular case in the continent, Mexican social housing, and does it through its reflection on the media at the time of its construction. For a few years, magnificent dwelling units filled the pages of foreign magazines during a period (1950-1968) of huge international diffusion concerning Mexican architecture in no Latin-American periodicals. So certifying to world that one of the main requests of the moment, social housing, could be attending by Mexican government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is based on ethnographic work about migration, which took place in the colony of Lechería in Mexico State. It seeks to understand the problems of discrimination, exclusion and violence that arise in the relations between the inhabitants of the colony and migrants on their way to U.S.A. Based on the tenets of psychoanalysis, the text discusses the notions of discrimination and violence in relation to language, as well as the discourses of science and capitalism as catalysts for the phenomena associated with mass segregation. This paper proposes a dialogue on the commonalities between the psychoanalyst and the social researcher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the long term relationship between the Mexican and USA economies from 1950 to 2008. It initially analyzes the period 1988-2008, that's to say, the relation during this period is that the Mexican GDP grew in the long term by 0.94% for each percentage point increase in the USA's GDP, and decreased by 0.17% for each percentage point depreciation in the real exchange rate. Once this relation is established, the work then questions if the Mexican economic structure persisted during 1950-2008. This result is interesting because it provides a starting point for a new research agenda that revises which conditions permitted the fast growth of Mexico's economy during 1950-1982, which others led to its subsecuent stagnation. This is not only of interest to historians, and also useful for reconsidering Mexico's present growth strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]