The Autonomy and Democracy of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID9751685
AuthorsJosé L García-Aguilar (International Relations Department, Uniuersidad de las Americas-Puebla, Mexico, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume565
Issue1
Pages79-90
Publication date1999-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271629956500105
OpenAlexW1970924648, W4236741110
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited31

This article has two objectives. One is to explain how, in the current international relations environment, the trend of global democratization is producing, ironically, the opposite trend of ethnic fragmentation of the multinational state and how this tension is resulting in new sources of international conflict. The other is to analyze the way in which, as a result of the aforementioned trends, local conflicts within the nation-states are representing a challenge to the nation-state as we know it. Taking advantage of the democratization wave, ethnic groups have launched, some with violence, some peacefully, a quest for emancipation, which constitutes a threat to the idea of the unitary nation-state and asks questions about the nature of civil society

Autonomy · Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Emancipation · Ethnic conflict · Ethnic group · Indigenous · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Unitary state · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law · Latin American Cultural Politics · Law · New Caledonia Indigenous Studies · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America

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