Socio-cultural Structures Research Articles

Les Perceptions Des Riziculteurs Sur Les Contraintes De Rendement Du Riz Dans Les Conditions Agro-Ecologiques Des Périmètres Irrigués Insécurisés De La Plaine De La Ruzizi.

Purpose: The rice cultivation in the Ruzizi plain is an essential economic pillar, but it faces numerous challenges, particularly persistent insecurity in the irrigated areas. The objective of the study is to analyze the perceptions of rice farmers regarding the challenges hindering rice yields in the Ruzizi plain. Methodology: The methodology employed is probabilistic sampling, specifically simple random sampling, involving 196 rice farmers distributed across three strategic irrigated areas (Luberizi, Sange, and Kiliba). Findings: This study highlights a plethora of major constraints that suffocate the efforts of rice farmers. Among these constraints, we can mention the lack of access to credit, persistent insecurity characterized by kidnappings and violence, archaic agricultural practices (such as late transplanting and high density per hill), proliferation of weeds, plant diseases, and pests, degradation of irrigation infrastructure, lack of access to quality agricultural inputs, and the use of less resistant rice varieties, all of which negatively impact rice yields. The socio-economic repercussions of insecurity in these irrigated areas are manifested by a significant decrease in agricultural and economic incomes, forced migration of rice farmers to safer areas, as well as disruption of production cycles, which weakens socio-cultural structures and generates intercommunity tensions. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Improving rice yields would require the pacification of irrigated areas, modernization of agricultural practices, and promoting sustainable development in rice cultivation to enhance the resilience of local communities.

Multi-aspect analysis of the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan: an integrated approach

The article is devoted to a multi-aspect analysis of the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan in order to determine the main legitimacy of its formation. The study used geopolitical, legal, socio-economic, cultural-historical and security approaches that made it possible to get a comprehensive understanding of the nature and role of the state border. The study shows the evolution of the border from physical barriers to complex political, economic and socio-cultural structures, and also highlights the importance of combining modern technologies and international cooperation for effective border protection. In conclusion, proposals are proposed to optimize the management of the border of Kazakhstan in modern conditions.

Social activity of an athlete's personality: sociocultural research methodology

Relevance. The study of an athlete's personality primarily involves the study of its socio-cultural nature and structure. Despite the length of the scientific discourse regarding the essence and structure of personality, there is no unified approach in the context of the socio-cultural interpretation of this category in sports. However, each of the definitions of personality presented in scientific sources and supported by relevant research is important and should be taken into account when striving for the most complete understanding of personality. In turn, none of the methods can provide a complete description of an athlete. Each of them only reflects a separate aspect of his abilities, personal qualities and traits. Therefore, it is important to use all methods in combination to help coaches, practitioners and teachers in organizing educational work, training processes and an individual approach to teaching.The purpose is to characterize the general methodology and methods of studying the personality of an athlete in the context of socio–cultural knowledge.Objectives: to define the conceptual basis of the sociological study of the athlete's personality; to present methods for its study; to establish the directions of their application.Methodology: the methodological design of the study is based on the use of philosophical, sociocultural and pedagogical concepts and approaches.Results. The social activity of an athlete's personality is largely determined by how effectively sociocultural approaches are involved in its socialization. The desired result is possible with the use of the entire arsenal of tools, methods and special exercises.Conclusions. At the present stage of development of the sociology of sport, sociocultural methodology becomes decisive in studying various aspects of the formation and development of the athlete's personality. The scientific determinacy of using special methods of its study is associated with a specific result that must be achieved by an athlete in a particular sport. The complex use of methods of social diagnostics of personality is the main resource in organizing the practical activities of coaches and mentors.

Women-Led Social Innovation Initiatives Contribute to Gender Equality in Rural Areas: Grounded Theory on Five Initiatives From Three Continents

Abstract Ensuring gender equality is an important development challenge, especially in rural areas, where women are often marginalized by economic, socio-cultural and policy structures. Women-Led Social Innovation Initiatives (WLSIIs) are a promising way to address this challenge, but their contributions to gender equality depend on complex interactions between marginalizing structures and agency of women. The objective of this paper is to examine how the relevant elements of agency enable WLSIIs to contribute to progress towards gender equality in rural areas. We examine five WLSIIs located in Canada, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, and Serbia. The cases focus on employment, education, identity, gender roles, and rural development, and are analyzed by grounded theory. We identified 1) gendered identity, 2) (in)dependence of women, and 3) control of women over the “rules of the game” as structural features that can enable or constrain WLSIIs. These concepts are located between grand societal structures (policy, economy, culture, and social organization) and women’s concrete, everyday realities, and as such helped us to understand factors supporting or hindering women’s agency and well-being. We identified women’s self-confidence, women-to-women networks, and self-developed and externally supported capacity as the key elements enabling agency. All these together increased social acceptance of the examined WLSIIs, helping to overcome cultural prejudices and gendered stereotypes. For example, women-to-women networks and self-organization increased economic independence, which reduced skepticism towards “new” roles of women and even changed unequal political dynamics. We conclude that women’s collective agency can be enabled by WLSIIs in diverse geographical and cultural contexts and should be recognized by policymakers as a key mechanism that has great potential for enhancing gender equality and overcoming structures marginalizing rural women.

A tapestry of tradition: Revitalization of Indian Heritage and Folk Art

The study investigates the importance of Indian heritage and folk art, outlining their origins, development, and present-day significance. Indian folk art, profoundly entrenched in tradition, reflects the varied socio-cultural structure of the nation, from Madhubani paintings to Warli art. These art structures, influenced and molded by religious and philosophical behavior, face challenges owing to globalization and urbanization, intimidating their conservation. The study highlights the significance of restoring these art forms to reinforce cultural individuality, endorse economic progress, promote social inclusion, and persuade ecological sustainability. Approaches for revitalization consist of education, documentation, community involvement, cultural tourism, policy support, economic empowerment, and digital preservation. The part of highly developed technologies, such as AI, in digital conservation and immersive experiences is emphasized as critical for preserving these cultural resources. This comprehensive advance guarantees that India's rich tradition and folk art persist in instigating and supplementing the global cultural setting.

Pandemic and the Mongoloid Phenotypes in India

Epidemics are biological processes that appear suddenly as shocks. Societies attempt to negotiate such shocks through the interplay of classes, ethnicities, and institutions. In the process, does it create newer fault lines or consolidate the pre-existing ones existing within the socio-cultural and politico-economic structures? The article seeks to analyse this question. The anxiety generated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the abrupt change in lifestyles have agitated the human mind. This anxiousness ‘within’ is often found to be externalised socially, unfolding a search for the ‘other’ who can be associated with the virus and thereby stigmatised in the name of the accompanying disease. The ‘other’ thus becomes the social allegory of the biological moment. But, why do we need the ‘other’? This article, moreover, also seeks to analyse these related questions by contextualising the historical experiences and then relating them with COVID-19 in the Indian scenario. It especially analyses how the pandemic influenced the everyday life experiences of those bearing Mongoloid phenotypes in India.

Land use and land cover changes in Notwane watershed, Botswana, using extreme gradient boost (XGBoost) machine learning algorithm

ABSTRACT Botswana’s Notwane watershed is crucial for supplying water to Gaborone and surrounding areas. However, urbanization and climate variability threaten its water resources. Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes contribute to climate variability, impacting food security, water supply, and weakening rural economies and socio-cultural structures. This study employs geospatial techniques to model LULC changes and inform sustainable environmental management. This study utilized Extreme Gradient Boost (XGBoost), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Random Forest (RF) algorithms to classify multi-temporal Landsat images from 1984 to 2022. The XGBoost model achieved the highest overall accuracy of 0.81%. Results indicated a 21,239.2% increase in built-up areas between the year, while agricultural land and natural vegetation decreased significantly by 9.38%. These shifts are driven by urbanization, which heightens climate change through increased greenhouse gas emissions and reduced carbon sinks. Variations in water-covered areas were, influenced by dam construction, droughts, and cyclones. A strong correlation between built-up areas and population data highlights the impact of urban expansion. To ensure sustainable urban growth and mitigate negative effects on biodiversity, urban planners must integrate sustainable land use strategies. These findings highlight the necessity for informed decision-making to balance development with environmental sustainability in the Notwane watershed.

Mental Health and Crime: Exploring the Link

This paper discusses the complex connection present in factors of mental health and criminality in people, or how various psychological disorders may shape the inclination towards crime and the manner in which crime is dealt with by the justice system. We critique and evaluate literature catered towards various aspects such as the extent of mental illness in offenders, the influence of mental conditions on making decisions and addressing the factors related to mental illnesses that may hinder rehabilitation such as stigma. To add on, we assess in what ways such sociocultural structures as socio- economic positioning, and availability of mental care, relation to crime and mental health. Using a transdisciplinary perspective, we seek to develop implementation strategies and proposals that would serve people with mental health illness in correctional facilities, in a way that would not compromise fairness and encourage rehabilitation. The data indicate that enhancing mental health services and embedding mental health care into the criminal justice system can minimize the rates of reoffending and beneficially impact individual’s lives as well as the overall society.

The influence of reflexive modernity on the change of human capital

Relevance is due to the need to revise approaches to the theoretical understanding of the concept of "human capital" in modern society, since it is considered as a resource for the development of society, solving many current social problems, as well as confronting new risks. The concept of "reflexivity" as a social phenomenon also needs conceptual development. It is also necessary to identify the relationships between these phenomena.The purpose is to consider how the content of the phenomenon of human capital is transformed in the conditions of the formation of the socio-cultural structure of the information society, including the growing reflexivity of social interaction.Objectives: to identify the key features of understanding the phenomenon of reflexivity (reflection) in philosophy, psychology, sociology; the specifics of this phenomenon in the context of the formation of the information society, as well as the impact of this process on the content component of human capital in modern society.Methodology. The author relies on the achievements of related sciences in the field of the study of reflexivity. The analysis of the problem is based on the ideas and principles of systemic, synergetic, activity-based approaches, as well as the provisions of the theories of emergent effects and human capital.Results. The article substantiates the idea that the transition to a new type of social organization, accompanied by the appearance of new characteristics in the social system, led to the development and strengthening of the importance of reflexivity of society. At the same time, the requirements for the individual are changing and the content of human capital is being revised. This process is conditioned by the need to increase awareness, objectivity of ideas about the system of social relations in conditions of expanding individual freedom, its role in social processes, increasing the volume of information produced by society and the subjects involved in this process.Conclusions. Reflexivity as a characteristic of the social system appears at the later stages of the development of society. The basis of its formation was the evolution of psychological processes in humans and a qualitative change in the organization of society. On the one hand, there is an expansion of the potential of the individual and society, on the other ‒ the risks they have to face. Objectively the content of human capital is expanding, and social demands on it are growing. The ability to reflect seems to be an integral part of it. It involves the mastery of a person's ways of thinking and intellectual techniques for perceiving processes and events in society, which was previously the lot of the elite; internalization, rather than declaring universal values.

Beyond the Silver Screen: Exploring Future Public Life Through Sociological Film Analysis

This study seeks to interrogate prospective configurations of public life through science fiction films, particularly by addressing the effects of technological advances and changes on society. In the study’s methodology, 27 films were assessed using the sociological film analysis method. In these films, an analysis was conducted on thematic elements, encompassing aspects such as the physical environment, socio-cultural structures, public life, technological infrastructure, and dynamics of human relationships. As a result, a codex of thematic codes was meticulously crafted. The main findings indicate that the films contain scenarios that discuss the boundaries of public space and reflect future social structures. The emphasis appears to be on how and to what extent technology is used. This research presents novel ideas and a platform for discussion for urban planning, architecture, social sciences, and film studies. The originality of this study lies in its analysis of cinematographic content from a sociological standpoint, providing an in-depth perspective on the future of public life and adding a new dimension to the existing body of knowledge on the subject.

On the Structure of Early Neolithic Societies of the Forest Tobol-Ishim Area: morphology and ornamentation of the pottery

The Early Neolithic complexes located in Western Siberia are characterized by the following common determinant features: chronological position within the end of 7,000 – turn of 6,000 cal BC, flat-bottomed vessels, design layouts of vessel necks (lips, rims, collars), and geometric and tree-like ornamental elements. The ceramic complexes are distinguished by different qualitative and quantitative ratios of the types of pottery (Boborykino, Koshkino, Satyga (with rims), comb ceramics, etc.) identified by researchers. When found in the same occupation layer, such a variety of ceramics might be evidence of an unequal sociocultural structure of the Neolithic population groups. The author stand for the concept that ceramic production and new stone processing skills and technologies were introduced (Zach, 2018, 2020) to the indigenous groups with Mesolithic traditions. It resulted in the interaction of autochthonous groups and newcomers and the subsequent merging of their structures, which ran differently in different territories. The author tend to consider the development of “syncretistic” societies in the first stages of such interaction in the Tobol-Ishim Rivers area as a process of transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic. Various types of pottery have been recorded at Boborykino complexes. The variety increases at Koshkino complexes, in different settlements and different proportions, which apparently reflects the formation of a new stable cultural tradition. The Kozlovo ceramics became such a tradition, being characterized by round-bottomed vessels with sags in the interior of the rim and a combination of ornaments in mainly incised-receding and comb techniques.

Physicochemical Analysis of Historical Ordu Taşbaşı Church Mortars and Recommendations for Restoration

Throughout history, the architecture of worship structures has been shaped based on different cultures and belief systems during the Roman, Seljuk, Anatolian Principalities, and Ottoman periods. Additionally, it is understood that the sociocultural and ritual structure in which the worship place is built plays a significant role in church architecture. In province of Ordu, rich in historical and cultural heritage, historical structures outside the city center have not been well preserved. In recent years, neglected historical structures have been restored through various methods with public investments, aiming to reintegrate them into urban life. Through chemical and mineralogical (by microscopy) examinations aimed at determining the types of historical structural materials used for this purpose, the preservation of historical structures in Ordu province and their transfer to future generations is targeted. Church structures, holding a distinct significance in the region’s history, exhibit various characteristics in terms of location, climate, and sociocultural and ritual aspects in the Black Sea region. In this regard, the restoration of the historical Taşbaşı Church in the Altınordu district of Ordu province has been carried out considering scientific techniques and methods, serving as a guide for similar studies in the region in terms of laboratory analysis, studies, planning, project development, and implementation stages.

Perkawinan Kristen Tanpa Eksistensi Adat Batak Toba di Gereja HKBP Kota Denpasar

This research aims to explain and describe the Batak Community's views on Christian marriage without the existence of Toba Batak traditional ceremonies at the HKBP Church, Denpasar City. The method required for this research is a descriptive qualitative approach. The theory that is used as a tool to obtain information in this research is the structural functionalism theory by Talcott Parsons using the action subsystem of the AGIL scheme, including adaptation, goal-attatment, interpretation and latency. The subjects of this research were married Toba Batak people, young people who were about to get married, pastors and elders of the HKBP Church in Denpasar City. The results of this research are that couples who carry out a Christian wedding ceremony but do not carry out the Toba Batak traditional wedding ceremony can be caused by economic factors, education, not getting the blessing or approval of both parents of the couple's family, differences in beliefs and cultural values. as well as ethics. Several couples from the Toba Batak community of the HKBP Church in Denpasar City were mostly due to spending a lot on Toba Batak traditional peak party activities, specifically dowry money. Apart from that, there are thoughts of today's young people who are of the opinion that marriage according to Christian beliefs is already valid or official through a marriage blessing in the Church, but according to tradition, the couple still has debts that must be paid off immediately in order to be recognized and prayed for as having entered into a legal marriage. This occurs because of the transition to modernization which results in a shift in a socio-cultural structure such as kinship, traditional philosophy, roles or functions and etc.

Analysis of Conflict-Oriented Circumstances in the Social History of the Vedic Period: A Sociological Perspective

Purpose: The decline of the old and the emergence of the new; life and society involve a continuous series of conflicts within every social structure. Conflict has been a part of human civilization since ancient times, serving as a process for managing resources in socio-cultural structures. This article explores the different forms of conflict in Vedic social history, offering insights into an ancient civilization. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research is based on a qualitative approach, using primarily secondary data. Information was gathered from Vedic texts, interactions with historians, historical documents of an ancient civilization, and research journal articles using historical content analysis. The content analysis method was used to analyze the collected data. Findings/Results: The pattern of production was based on animal husbandry and the agricultural system in the Vedic period. Land and livestock were the major resources of the production system. The practices of conflicts were increasing in a way in the process of captured and extension of the land and livestock as the resources of the production system. In these surroundings of socio-economic circumstances, so many forms of conflicts are found in the Vedic period such as the conflict between the Aryans and the Dravidians, the Hind Aryan and the Vedic Aryan, the different Varna’s of Vedic Aryan, between different race and class of Vedic Aryans, the animal owners and the traders/merchants (pani), different states and kings, and in different cultures. Similarly, due to the leadership of holding resources, family, and the Gotra system are found to be debatable and antagonistic in the form of the conflicts. Originality/Value: It has been found that the conflicts are of various kinds found in the society of the Vedic period. Such conflicts have been found the conflicts between son and father, conflicts between the parents and the children, between Aryans and Dravidians, between Hind Aryan and Vedic Aryan, husband and wife, women and women, Pastoralist and trader, between wives in Polygamous, conflicts in war, cultural conflict and the so on. These different kinds of the conflicts have been found and dealt in the Vedic society. In fact, the conflicts of the society have been found as the central causes of disharmonious, chaos, restlessness, and the trouble and it has been found stressful life in the society of Vedic era and conflicts have been found to be the reasons of the suffering as well as hardship of not only individual life but of the entire social structure even in the Vedic era.

A social identity approach to understanding sustainability and environmental behaviours in South Africa

ABSTRACT In recent years, change in behaviour towards the environment has gained prominence as a policy tool to influence positive environmental value. Simultaneously, the role played by social identity in promoting pro-environmental action is gaining recognition. Within this work, the intersection between collective group identity and environmental behaviour has received very little attention. Group norms are considered a strong predictor of pro-environmental behaviour, yet the influence of social identity and collective action on environmental action has not been adequately investigated in a multi-ethnic setting. Within this context, this study examines the affective component of social identity influence on pro-environmental action. More succinctly, this study demonstrates how outgroups and in-groups’ relations and broader sociocultural structures, values, interest, and norms impact environmental and sustainability transitions behaviours. Through interviews with participants across the four dominant social groups in South Africa, this study provides compelling evidence that country-wide expressions of social identity and ingroup dynamics shapes the individual behaviour regarding environmental and sustainability concerns and further strengthen the individual’s perspective for social environmental transformation. This study advances the need for a social-identity centred approach to foster pro-environmental and sustainability outcomes. Highlights The influence that social contexts and social group memberships have on individual perception and behaviour provide important insights to build an empirical base for an inclusive environmental and sustainable action. We applied the theory of social identity to explore these processes and how normative group values and group interest shape environmental behaviour.

Заметки о власти и её легитимности

The article examines three points of view on the nature of power, and the author believes that power, although it belongs to the social whole, is exercised by people and is therefore anthropologically determined. At the same time, he considers sociality within the framework of a cultural approach. Examples of historically early and later forms of awareness of power are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a concept of power and an explanation of its legitimacy are proposed. The author believes that the two-layer structure of power (socio-cultural structure (order) and anthropological basis) allows us to understand both its normal functioning and, so to speak, “deviant social deviations” (anomies). Examples of both are given. The ideas about power and legitimacy proposed by the author should be considered as ideal-typical constructions according to M. Weber. That is, these are diagrams that allow one to schematize empirical material and navigate it. When the researcher encounters new types of power, these schemes must be adjusted or new schemes must be introduced.

Feeling unwell of passenger travel by small vehicles and associated risk factors in the North Shewa Zone, Oromiya, Ethiopia

The current study investigated how and why sociocultural structures, situational conditions, and personal behavioural factors cause passengers to feel ill when travelling by minibuses, drawing on ideas from the social construction theory of illness. A significant objective was to investigate associated risk variables that influence passengers’ feelings of illness related to the social environment, addressing their beliefs, meanings, practices, and behaviours. A survey method was used to obtain data from 384 passengers for the study. The results of logistic regression indicated that feeling ill when travelling by minibuses differed from passenger to passenger; then, they had their own set of practical and emotional challenges that had no known medical reason. Compared with male and older passengers, female and younger passengers were more likely to feel ill. Furthermore, stress and role-set effects increased passengers’ experiences of feeling ill more than did passengers who had no stress prior to the trip and who had only one role. Additionally, passengers who travelled intermittently, utilized suppression techniques to lessen travel discomfort, and fastened seat belts were less likely to experience symptoms of illness. Passengers who travelled on unsafe roads and used alcohol before travel, on the other hand, were more likely to feel ill than those who travelled on safer roads and did not use alcohol before the trip. The findings suggest that passengers should be aware of predisposing conditions that result in illness, be able to rest before travelling, and use all suppressive methods to reduce or prevent illness while travelling by small buses.

Revival of the bhadra man in Rituparno Ghosh’s Unishe April and Dahan

Rituparno Ghosh’s cinematization of Unishe April (1994) and Dahan (1997) is a systemic triad interrogative feminist narrative of a case of sexual and non-sexual violence, the gendered spatial politics of Calcutta and the performativity of Bengali masculinity. The present study delves into the nuanced portrayal of the bhadralok masculinities in the cinematic texts of Rituparno Ghosh’s Unishe April (1994) and Dahan (1997). This research paper aims to articulate the relationship of Bengali bhadralok masculinity and the scattered hegemonies of socio-cultural structures of domination and patriarchal systems operating on multiple levels in the Bengali context. The bhadralok politics of the yesteryears was built on a collusion with the colonial system and espoused a broad spectrum of ideologies, including nationalism, liberalism, and humanism. Scholarly writings on Rituparno Ghosh have documented gender politics with an implicit focus on the feminine and queer subjectivity. The arguments of the present paper depart from the idea that masculinity is a genderless and a reified construct. Through a specific focus on masculinity and the masculine ideology’s nexus with gender social structuring, the present paper questions the invisibilization of masculine power, privilege, and performance. The bhadralok masculinity, though seemingly progressive and egalitarian, the embodiment preserves the patriarchal status quo of unequal gender relationships. Through an interrogation of the intersections of the changing bhadralok masculinities and its complex nexus with the changing social and cultural institutions across time and space, the study asserts that the cultured and sophisticated bhadralok gendered order is a failed political reconfiguration of masculinity.

Birhor Society and Culture: A Study on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups of Jharkhand, India

A significant portion of the Indian population consists of tribal communities. The world's highest concentration of tribal people with diverse cultures is found exclusively in India. Tribal people are those who inhabit a specific region, have uniform cultural characteristics, and use basic technology. Tribes are recognized for their unique ethnic and cultural characteristics, but they are losing their unique identities as a result of massive and rapid urbanization and industrialization. Since the beginning of ethnographic research on Indian tribes, scientists have been interested in the unique livelihood practices of the Birhor, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (primitive tribal group) in Jharkhand. They have historically lived in forests and had a nomadic hunting and gathering lifestyle. Large-scale deforestation brought about by urbanization and industrialization has an impact on the entire culture and civilization. Their language and unique socio-cultural structure are undergoing rapid changes as a result of their increased exposure to modern culture through different government initiatives for tribal development, the modern educational system, etc. It is therefore necessary to investigate the evolving sociocultural patterns of the vulnerable "Birhor" tribe and to put appropriate strategies and programmes in place for the self-initiated preservation of indigenous tribal culture and identity. Keywords: Oral tradition, Social life, Economic life, Birhor, Jharkhand.

Development of Mexican and Turkish Automotive Industries in Historical Perspective

Purpose: The purpose of our article is to examine the Mexican and Turkish automotive industries in a historical perspective, because a historical analysis will be able to show us why the automotive industries of the country we are considering are not among the world's leading automotive industries. Additionally, the course of historical data over time can also support the analysis. Therotical Reference: For the first time, David (1985) put forward that it is necessary to examine the process of innovation of new products based on new technologies in a historical perspective, and David (2000, 2001) stated that the ergodic steady increase in production in sectors and industries depends on the sector or industry being able to create a unique development path. He stated that it was. He stated that the reason why there is no consistent ergodic production increase in sectors or industries is that it has a path-dependent development structure. According to David, path dependence may have been caused by an event or market formation that occurred in the recent or distant past. Method: It has been revealed that a past event for the Turkish automotive industry caused the formation of a new socio-cultural structure, leading to a path-dependent development in more or less all sectors, but especially in the automotive sector. This path-dependent development structure seems to have caused an unstable production structure in the automotive industry. When we look at the efforts to produce domestic automobiles throughout history, it is understood that there is always a tendency to be hindered or to think that they are being prevented. Results and Conclusions: Although there has not been a historical process similar to that in Turkey in the Mexican automotive industry, the fact that stable and ergodic production increases have been experienced in the industry, especially in the recent period, indicates that the automotive industry, which started as the assembly industry of foreign companies, has entered the process of creating a new path or creating a path with recent developments. We can say. In this process, it can be said that Mexico is a border neighbor with the USA and the investments of the three major automotive industry companies of the USA, which is one of the largest producing countries in the automotive industry, in Mexico, played a major role. Implication of research: In reaching this conclusion, in our study, the automotive industry history of the countries we discussed were examined and the annual production figures in the automotive industry in the last decade were discussed. In examining whether there were developments in the past of the countries that could lead to path dependency, the breaking point where path dependency occurred in Turkey, in the Ottoman period, was clearly identified and it was revealed that the events that took place after this date strengthened the path dependency. Past historical events for Mexico were examined and events that could affect the development of the automotive industry were discussed. Originality of article: Thus, we can say that, on the one hand, we tried to contribute to the literature and developments on the path dependency approach, which says that history is decisive, and on the other hand, a different perspective was brought to the developments in the automotive industry.