Abstract

HORBATH, Jorge E.  and  GRACIA, Amalia. SOCIAL SETBACK AND DISCRIMINATION OF THE SOCIAL POLICIES TOWARD THE NATIVE GROUPS IN SONORA. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.1, pp.173-189. ISSN 1909-3063.

The practice of discrimination and social exclusion toward natives in Mexico have been generating levels of isolation and growing poverty in the various communities. Even with the efforts made in issues of social policy, programs are insufficient to fulfill the rights demanded by indigenous people, as they do not assure a worthy quality of life with guarantees to uphold their identities and their own collective forms of social organization. A look to the situation of the towns and native communities in the State of Sonora, shows a huge decrease of native vs. non-indigenous population; comparing figures of the 2000 and 2005 Census, while non-indigenous groups had increased by 9.07 per cent, the native population had decreased by 9.53 percent. This article analyzes the conditions of indigenous people in the municipalities of the State of Sonora, highlighting poverty conditions and the evolution of the components of the social setback, as well as aspects of the labor discrimination they suffer in the cities.

Keywords : Social exclusion; urban natives; labor discrimination; social policy.

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