Indigenous people in Latin America have mobilized in unprecedented ways - demanding recognition, equal protection, and subnational autonomy. These are remarkable developments in a region where ethnic cleavages were once universally described as weak. Recently, however, indigenous activists and elect...

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1. Verfasser:	Yashar, Deborah J. 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in contentious politics
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1960-2005 Indianer Politik Indians of South America / Politics and government Indians of South America / Civil rights Indians of South America / Government relations Political rights / South America Citizenship / South America Bürgerrechtsbewegung South America / Politics and government South America / Race relations Lateinamerika
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Zusammenfassung:	Indigenous people in Latin America have mobilized in unprecedented ways - demanding recognition, equal protection, and subnational autonomy. These are remarkable developments in a region where ethnic cleavages were once universally described as weak. Recently, however, indigenous activists and elected officials have increasingly shaped national political deliberations. Deborah Yashar explains the contemporary and uneven emergence of Latin American indigenous movements - addressing both why indigenous identities have become politically salient in the contemporary period and why they have translated into significant political organizations in some places and not others. She argues that ethnic politics can best be explained through a comparative historical approach that analyzes three factors: changing citizenship regimes, social networks, and political associational space. Her argument provides insight into the fragility and unevenness of Latin America's third wave democracies and has broader implications for the ways in which we theorize the relationship between citizenship, states, identity, and social action
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxii, 365 pages)
ISBN:	9780511790966
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511790966