Extraction, Assimilation, and Accommodation
The Historical Foundations of Indigenous-State Relations in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3333804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C L Carter (0000-0002-9472-1364, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 38-53 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055423000333 |
| OpenAlex | W4367053437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 44 |
Why do some Indigenous communities experience assimilation while others obtain government protection for their long-standing institutions and cultures? I argue that historical experiences with state-led labor conscription play a key role. In the early twentieth century, Latin American governments conscripted unpaid Indigenous labor to build infrastructure. Community leaders threatened by this conscription were more likely to mobilize their communities to resist it. The mobilization of this collective action later empowered community leaders to achieve state protections for Indigenous institutions and cultures, or "accommodation." I test this argument using a natural experiment where communities' eligibility for labor conscription to build a 1920s Peruvian highway was as-if randomly assigned. I develop a measure of accommodation that considers both the existence and enforcement of laws protecting Indigenous institutions and cultures. I evaluate the mechanisms using data on Indigenous mobilization. The findings demonstrate how historical extraction shaped contemporary Indigenous-state relations
Accommodation · Development economics · Economics · Enforcement · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Indigenous · Indigenous rights · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |