Contesting Citizenship in Latin America

The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge

Bibliographic Data

ID23392656
AuthorsDeborah J Yashar (Princeton University, corresponding author)
Year2005
Publication date2005-03-07
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byContesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge, Guillermo De La Peña, 2006
VenueContesting Citizenship in Latin America (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511790966
OpenAlexW4211213180
Open LibraryOL34451362M
ISBN9780511790966
LanguageEN
Citations received556
References cited190

Indigenous people in Latin America have mobilized in unprecedented ways - demanding recognition, equal protection, and subnational autonomy. These are remarkable developments in a region where ethnic cleavages were once universally described as weak. Recently, however, indigenous activists and elected officials have increasingly shaped national political deliberations. Deborah Yashar explains the contemporary and uneven emergence of Latin American indigenous movements - addressing both why indigenous identities have become politically salient in the contemporary period and why they have translated into significant political organizations in some places and not others. She argues that ethnic politics can best be explained through a comparative historical approach that analyzes three factors: changing citizenship regimes, social networks, and political associational space. Her argument provides insight into the fragility and unevenness of Latin America's third wave democracies and has broader implications for the ways in which we theorize the relationship between citizenship, states, identity, and social action.

Argument (complex analysis) · Autonomy · Citizenship · Contemporary Latin · Development economics · Ethnic group · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America

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