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Zapatista healthcare in a civilian targeted warfare zone: Chiapas, Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorSullivan, Julie Ann Marie, author
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Kathleen, advisor
dc.contributor.authorMagennis, Ann, committee member
dc.contributor.authorValdez, Norberto, committee member
dc.contributor.authorVernon, Irene, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-15T15:26:05Z
dc.date.available2022-04-15T15:26:05Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionCovers not scanned.
dc.descriptionPrint version deaccessioned 2022.
dc.description.abstractIndigenous people in Chiapas, Mexico have endured hundreds of years of attacks on their cultures and life ways. They have been marginalized, excluded, and oppressed. They have experienced the loss of ancestral lands and the destruction of their natural resources and environment. They have been denied fundamental human rights including access to land, education, and healthcare. They have suffered disproportionately high infant and maternal mortality rates and deaths from curable, preventable disease. They have survived without access to clean water, sanitation facilities, or electricity. Finally in 1994 with the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and other Neoliberal economic projects on the horizon, over three thousand Indigenous people came together, called themselves Zapatistas, and declared war on the Mexican government. The world watched as the Zapatistas demanded basic human rights and the Mexican government promised reform. When the government failed to honor their promises, the Zapatistas responded by creating autonomous communities with their own form of government, education, and health care. The purpose of this study is to assess the autonomous Zapatista healthcare system in the Oventic caracole following the Zapatista rebellion using a political ecology theoretical approach. Specifically, does the Zapatista healthcare system operate successfully and how has this model changed healthcare access and well being of the people living in this civilian targeted warfare zone? What effect has the militarization had on health care? This research has the potential to provide valuable contributions to the Zapatista struggle as they continue to develop and improve the healthcare system in autonomous communities living in resistance. Additionally, this work may serve as a resource and guide for local and international non-governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, medical professionals, and Zapatista support groups who wish to contribute to the growth, sustainability, success, and autonomy of the Zapatista healthcare system.
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234714
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relationCatalog record number (MMS ID): 991014244219703361
dc.relationRA418.3.M6 S855 2010
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subject.lcshMedical care -- Chiapas (Mexico)
dc.titleZapatista healthcare in a civilian targeted warfare zone: Chiapas, Mexico
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thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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