Ethnic Mobilization among the Maya of Yucatán
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2177882 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shannan Mattiace (0000-0002-4653-9664, Allegheny College, corresponding author), Shannan L Mattiace |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-169 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-2222 • E-ISSN: 1744-2230 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17442220902920085 |
| OpenAlex | W2027969703 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 22 |
While the literature on indigenous political mobilization in Latin America is now quite extensive, relatively little has been published on why ethnic mobilization has not occurred in some indigenous regions. In this article, I examine a case where there is very little mobilization and organization around ethnic identity: Yucatán, Mexico. I begin with a political history of Yucatán, comparing it with and contrasting it to Chiapas. I then argue that ethnic mobilization in Yucatán is significantly limited for two main reasons: first, Maya peasants had so little relative autonomy under the corporatist regime (1940s–1980s) and official peasant leagues that they were constrained in using the experience garnered in these leagues for subsequent ethnic-based organization; and second, the social organizations and networks that provide activists and potential activists with the capacity to mobilize – namely, peasant leagues and the progressive Catholic Church – have not served as vehicles for leadership training and organization in Yucatán
Archaeology · Autonomy · Development economics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Latin Americans · League · Maya · Mobilization · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |