Don't be lazy, don't lie, don't steal

Community justice in the neoliberal Andes

Bibliographic Data

ID2468554
AuthorsR Colloredo-Mansfeld (0000-0001-5283-4777, University of Iowa, corresponding author), Rudi Colloredo‐mansfeld
Year2002
Volume29
Issue3
Pages637-662
Publication date2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.2002.29.3.637
OpenAlexW2148266689
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited85

Two processes have reshaped many Latin American indigenous societies: the rise of native movements and the transnationalization of rural economies. Although the connections between these two processes remain sharply debated, both critics and defenders of indigenous movements assume that ethnic unity and economic differentiation must work against each other. I argue otherwise, demonstrating that the territorial consequences of economic change'due chiefly to migration, stratification, and consumerism'invigorate local indigenous politics even as they fragment cultural values. By examining community justice in Otavalo, Ecuador, I show how indigenous people create politically effective unities while they simultaneously produce hierarchical relationships among places and cultural orientations through their activism. [indigenous peoples, grassroots politics, economic change, community justice, Andes, Ecuador

Consumerism · Economic Justice · Grassroots · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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