Kenneth J Mijeski
Biographic Data
| ID | 86374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth J Mijeski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mijeski |
| SIGNATURE | MIJESKI K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Tennessee State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Politics and Public Policy in Latin America
Qué Es Racismo: Awareness of Racism and Discrimination in Ecuador
In the national consciousness, Ecuador is a mestizo nation. However, it is also an ethnically diverse nation with sizable minorities of indigenous and Afrodescended peoples. In national surveys, there is also a considerable minority who self-identify as blanco (white). Although there is strong evidence of continuing discrimination and prejudice toward both indigenous and Afro-descended peoples, there is little public discussion or political actio…
Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement
One of the most important stories in Latin American studies today is the emergence of left-leaning social movements sweeping across Latin America includes the mobilization of militant indigenous politics. Formed in 1995 in Ecuador to advance the interests of a variety of people's organizations and to serve as an alternative to the country's traditional political parties, Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement (Pachakutik) is an indigenist-based …
Ecuador's Indians in the 1996 and 1998 Elections: Assessing Pachakutik's Performance
Ecuador has been the site of the development of one of the most successful indigenous social movements in Latin America. In 1996 leaders of the most powerful indigenous organization, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), decided to enter electoral politics via a political movement called Pachakutik. This article analyzes electoral outcomes for Pachakutik in two national elections, 1996 and 1998, with an emphasis on th…
The Electoral Fortunes of Ecuador's Pachakutik Party: The Fracaso of the 2006 Presidential Elections
The Indigenous Vote in Ecuador's 2002 Presidential Election
The Ecuadorian Indian movement entered electoral politics in 1996 through the Pachakutik political party. For the 2002 presidential and congressional elections, Pachakutik made an alliance with ex-colonel and 2000 coup leader Lucio Gutiérrez. After a first-place finish in the first round, Gutiérrez went on to win the presidency in a run-off. This research seeks to determine whether the Indian movement, via Pachakutik, was able to transform its co…
Indigena Self-Identity in Ecuador and The Rejection of Mestizaje
Indigenous peoples of Ecuador have organized and mobilized over the past thirty years, partly to reshape their identities after centuries of domination. This research is a preliminary effort to explore the contemporary complexity of that identity. Best viewed as a quantitative case study, this analysis uses responses from seventy-six indigenous college students to a self-administered questionnaire. The authors found that indigenous students with …
Books in review
From Solidarity to Class Struggle: Ten Years of Post-Somozan Nicaragua
July 1989 marked the tenth anniversary of what is widely known in Nicaragua as the triunfo of the FSLN-led revolution that overthrew some forty years of Somozan rule. This date also marked ten years of intense scholarly study of the revolution and its antecedents. In fact, by
Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement
One of the most important stories in Latin American studies today is the emergence of left-leaning social movements sweeping across Latin America includes the mobilization of militant indigenous politics. Formed in 1995 in Ecuador to advance the interests of a variety of people's organizations and to serve as an alternative to the country's traditional political parties, Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement (Pachakutik) is an indigenist-based …
The Electoral Fortunes of Ecuador's Pachakutik Party: The Fracaso of the 2006 Presidential Elections
The Indigenous Vote in Ecuador's 2002 Presidential Election
The Ecuadorian Indian movement entered electoral politics in 1996 through the Pachakutik political party. For the 2002 presidential and congressional elections, Pachakutik made an alliance with ex-colonel and 2000 coup leader Lucio Gutiérrez. After a first-place finish in the first round, Gutiérrez went on to win the presidency in a run-off. This research seeks to determine whether the Indian movement, via Pachakutik, was able to transform its co…
From Solidarity to Class Struggle: Ten Years of Post-Somozan Nicaragua
July 1989 marked the tenth anniversary of what is widely known in Nicaragua as the triunfo of the FSLN-led revolution that overthrew some forty years of Somozan rule. This date also marked ten years of intense scholarly study of the revolution and its antecedents. In fact, by
Books in review
Indigena Self-Identity in Ecuador and The Rejection of Mestizaje
Indigenous peoples of Ecuador have organized and mobilized over the past thirty years, partly to reshape their identities after centuries of domination. This research is a preliminary effort to explore the contemporary complexity of that identity. Best viewed as a quantitative case study, this analysis uses responses from seventy-six indigenous college students to a self-administered questionnaire. The authors found that indigenous students with …
The Indigenous Vote in Ecuador's 2002 Presidential Election
The Ecuadorian Indian movement entered electoral politics in 1996 through the Pachakutik political party. For the 2002 presidential and congressional elections, Pachakutik made an alliance with ex-colonel and 2000 coup leader Lucio Gutiérrez. After a first-place finish in the first round, Gutiérrez went on to win the presidency in a run-off. This research seeks to determine whether the Indian movement, via Pachakutik, was able to transform its co…
Ecuador's Indians in the 1996 and 1998 Elections: Assessing Pachakutik's Performance
Ecuador has been the site of the development of one of the most successful indigenous social movements in Latin America. In 1996 leaders of the most powerful indigenous organization, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), decided to enter electoral politics via a political movement called Pachakutik. This article analyzes electoral outcomes for Pachakutik in two national elections, 1996 and 1998, with an emphasis on th…
The Electoral Fortunes of Ecuador's Pachakutik Party: The Fracaso of the 2006 Presidential Elections
Qué Es Racismo: Awareness of Racism and Discrimination in Ecuador
In the national consciousness, Ecuador is a mestizo nation. However, it is also an ethnically diverse nation with sizable minorities of indigenous and Afrodescended peoples. In national surveys, there is also a considerable minority who self-identify as blanco (white). Although there is strong evidence of continuing discrimination and prejudice toward both indigenous and Afro-descended peoples, there is little public discussion or political actio…
Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement
One of the most important stories in Latin American studies today is the emergence of left-leaning social movements sweeping across Latin America includes the mobilization of militant indigenous politics. Formed in 1995 in Ecuador to advance the interests of a variety of people's organizations and to serve as an alternative to the country's traditional political parties, Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement (Pachakutik) is an indigenist-based …
Politics and Public Policy in Latin America
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Citation (2 works)