Peoples of the earth : ethnonationalism, democracy, and the Indigenous challenge in "Latin" America /

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This book explores the culture of Indigenous peoples in Latin America, the fundamental challenges they offer to traditional Euro-American notions of democracy, citizenship and develop the interface of these topics. It also explores the relevant themes on human rights and the environment, with questi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Andersen, Martin Edwin
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010.
Sujets:
Lateinamerika
Indigenous peoples > Latin America > Ethnic identity.
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples > Latin America > History.
Autochtones > Identité ethnique > Amérique latine.
Autochtones > Politique et gouvernement.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples > Ethnic identity
Indigenous peoples > Politics and government
Demokratie
Nationalbewusstsein
Latin America
Indianer.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The "miner's canary" of democracy
  • Elite neglect and "rediscovery"
  • Is democracy a zero-sum game?
  • Imagined communities : marxism and the Indian nation-state
  • Indian lands, "ungoverned spaces," and failing states
  • Bolivia : unraveling a present past
  • Perú : the emergence of the unbowed "other"
  • Ecuador : a populist test of plurinationalism
  • Guatemala : many nations within a single nation-state
  • Chile : contesting the lands of the "people of the earth"
  • Colombia : special rights within a context of lawlessness
  • Toward a new American identity
  • Conclusions.

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