UID:
almafu_9959226619902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (174 p.)
ISBN:
0-89680-477-1
Serie:
Ohio university research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 51
Inhalt:
The mobilization of militant indigenous politics is one of the most important stories in Latin American studies today. In this critical work, Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck examine the rise and decline of Ecuador's leading indigenous party, Pachakutik, as it tried to transform the state into a participative democracy. Using in-depth interviews with political activists, as well as a powerful statistical analysis of election results, the authors show that the political election game failed to advance the causes of Ecuador's poor or the movement's own indigenous supporters. Pachakutik and
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Indigenous Political Mobilization; 1: The Genesis of Indigenous Organizing; 2: Social Movements and Political Change in Latin America; 3: The Birth of Pachakutik; 4: Pachakutik and the Politics of the Ballot; 5: The Indigenous Movement as Sisyphus; 6: How to Lose by Winning; 7: The Rise and Decline of the Indigenous Movement; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-89680-280-9
Sprache:
Englisch
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