<scp>THE IMPACT OF MEXICO</scp> ’S <scp>LAND REFORM ON PERIURBAN HOUSING PRODUCTION</scp> : Neoliberal or Neocorporatist?

Changes to Mexico's Constitution in the 1990s marked end of agrarian reform and Revolutionary land regime which had allowed beneficiaries work but not sell their land. New legislation individual parcels ejido be converted into private property. Many observers link this ‘privatization’ with a transformation periurban landscape resulting from developers’ construction mass ‘social housing’ developments: classic example neoliberal urbanism. We examine evidence for Mexico City Metropolitan Area, finding that, although some developments do occupy former land, developers mostly prefer property, including haciendas. Private sector interests are wary reasons that stem its place corporatist political system characterized twentieth-century Mexico, patchwork privatized clashes acquisition strategies. Ejidatarios often retain control over selling plots piecemeal. Our findings demonstrate continuing significance urban informality—on scale exceeds development formal housing—and intertwining informal. interpret these interrelated processes housing production as legacies corporatism, underlining influences on Latin American neoliberalism.