Leadership beyond the Bridge, the Politician, and the Oldest Brother

The Clash between Egalitarian Perspectives in Chiapas

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ID18985202
AuthorsMartin Jesper Larsson (0000-0002-8996-3772, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume68
Issue3
Pages21-40
Publication date2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0155-977X • E-ISSN: 1558-5727
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/sa.2024.680302
OpenAlexW4408852137
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

This article examines the rise and fall of an organization in the municipality of Chicoasén, in Chiapas, Mexico, which mediated between local residents and a state-owned electricity company planning a dam in the region. It describes the practical creation of the organization, with an emphasis on the leaders’ use of an egalitarian framework to make sense of the actors involved in the negotiations, and then highlights how competing egalitarian perspectives led to its disintegration. The analysis of this process indicates that a focus on the dichotomy between hierarchy and egalitarianism can obscure an understanding of concrete leadership practices in an organization, as well as the deeper conflicts between the subjects positioned as the basis of political frameworks

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