9. The Relationship between “Seeing” and “Interpreting”: The Mexican Government’s Interpretive Engagement with Mexican Migrants

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Acronyms xiii
5. Maps xv
6. Timeline xviii
7. 1. Introduction: Interpretive Engagement in Morocco and Mexico 1
8. 2. Discretionary State Seeing: Emigration Policy in Morocco and Mexico until 1963 27
9. 3. Reaching Out: Beginning a Conversation with Moroccan Emigrants, 1963– 1973 60
10. 4. Relational Awareness and Controlling Relationships: Moroccan State Engagement with Moroccan Emigrants, 1974– 1990 86
11. 5. Practice and Power: Emigrants and Development in the Moroccan Souss 118
12. 6. Process as Resource: Two Kings and the Politics of Rural Development 157
13. 7. The Reluctant Conversationalist: The Mexican Government’s Discontinuous Engagement with Mexican Americans, 1968– 2000 192
14. 8. From Interpretation to Political Movement: State- Migrant Engagement in Zacatecas 236
15. 9. The Relationship between “Seeing” and “Interpreting”: The Mexican Government’s Interpretive Engagement with Mexican Migrants 274
16. 10. Conclusion: Creating the Creative State 305
17. Appendix: Methodology 317
18. Notes 321
19. References 331
20. Index 357