Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge

Deborah Yashar analyzes 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--providing insight into the fragility and unevenness of Latin America's third wave democracies.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Yashar, Deborah J.
Published: 05/19/2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521827461
Pages: 365
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.02w x 1.06d