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Contesting Citizenship in Latin America

Contesting Citizenship in Latin America The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge - Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics

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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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Book information

ISBN: 9780521827461
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 323.1198
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 365
Weight: 642g
Height: 235mm
Width: 157mm
Spine width: 26mm