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Indigenous peoples, civil society, and the neo-liberal state in Latin America /

In recent years the concept and study of "civil society" has received a lot of attention from political scientists, economists, and sociologists, but less so from anthropologists. A ground-breaking ethnographic approach to civil society as it is formed in indigenous communities in Latin Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fischer, Edward F., 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In recent years the concept and study of "civil society" has received a lot of attention from political scientists, economists, and sociologists, but less so from anthropologists. A ground-breaking ethnographic approach to civil society as it is formed in indigenous communities in Latin America, this volume explores the multiple potentialities of civil society's growth and critically assesses the potential for sustained change. Much recent literature has focused on the remarkable gains made by civil society and the chapters in this volume reinforce this trend while also showing the complexi
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857455475
0857455478