ABSTRACT
The process of globalization in Mexico has produced important economic and political transformations in the role of public, private, and community actors. Globalization has forced the local politicians and land investors to establish alliances and to share the local land market with international investors. The case of San Geronimo-Santa Teresa in the El Paso del Norte region (New MexicoTexas-Chihuahua border) demonstrates how public-private cooperation transcends national boundaries and influences land development patterns in a border region. Regime theory suggests that public and private actors with economic resources, knowledge of local social transactions, and political power establish arrangements to influence the policy elaboration process within local governments (Stocker, 1996).
