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      Heterogeneidad de los comerciantes en los mercados públicos de la Ciudad de México Translated title: Heterogeneity among merchants in Mexico City’s municipal markets

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          Resumen En la última década, después de casi medio siglo de abandono, los mercados públicos entran nuevamente en la agenda pública y en los estudios urbanos. Basado en un acercamiento etnográfico, este texto propone dos aportes principales a estas nuevas investigaciones: 1) dar cuenta del perfil y heterogeneidad de experiencias de los comerciantes que trabajan en tres mercados públicos de la Ciudad de México; 2) a partir de lo anterior, sugerir algunas líneas de reflexión sobre las desigualdades de las condiciones sociolaborales que se reproducen en el interior de los mercados públicos. Con base en ello, proponemos que, si se tiene un mejor conocimiento de las condiciones laborales y de vida de los comerciantes en los mercados públicos, se puede contribuir al desarrollo de políticas públicas más inclusivas, eficientes y democráticas.

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          Abstract In the last decade and after nearly half a century of neglect, Mexico City’s public markets have once again made their appearance on the urban agenda, both in terms of policy and academic studies. This article, drawn on ethnographic fieldwork with merchants in three public markets, contributes to the burgeoning discussion on markets in two ways: 1) it provides a description of the heterogeneity of merchants and vendors in the markets; 2) on the basis of this description, it proposes ways to analyze the different forms of inequalities which occur in the markets, and the way in which these inequalities intersect with differentiated forms of political representation. We suggest that a better understanding of the heterogeneous life and labor conditions of market vendors is essential to the development of more inclusive, efficient and democratic public policies in these essential urban spaces.

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          Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

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                Journal
                educm
                Estudios demográficos y urbanos
                Estud. demogr. urbanos
                El Colegio de México A.C. (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                0186-7210
                2448-6515
                August 2023
                : 38
                : 2
                : 345-378
                Affiliations
                [3] orgnameEl Colegio de México, A.C orgdiv1Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales Mexico vcrossa@ 123456colmex.mx
                [1] Ciudad de México orgnameEl Colegio de México, A.C. orgdiv1Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales Mexico mrosales@ 123456colmex.mx
                [2] orgnameEl Colegio de México, A.C. orgdiv1Centro de Estudios Demográficos, Urbanos y Ambientales Mexico thayden@ 123456colmex.mx
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                S0186-72102023000200345 S0186-7210(23)03800200345
                10.24201/edu.v38i2.2148
                bb81a91f-2923-47f7-a7fc-29072808e330

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 04 February 2022
                : 06 October 2021
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 17, Pages: 34
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                desigualdades,merchants,public markets,condiciones sociolaborales,comercio,comerciantes,mercados públicos,inequalities,work conditions,commerce

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