Struggles of voice : the politics of indigenous representation in the Andes / José Antonio Lucero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lucero, Jose Antonio, 1972-

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Politics and government.

Indians of South America.

Political participation.

Representative government and representation.

Indigenous peoples.

Politics and government.

Ecuador.

Indians of South America--Bolivia--Politics and government.

Bolivia.

Indigenous peoples--Ecuador--Politics and government.

Indigenous peoples--Bolivia--Politics and government.

Representative government and representation--Ecuador.

Representative government and representation--Bolivia.

Political participation--Ecuador.

Political participation--Bolivia.

Ecuador--Politics and government.

Bolivia--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvi, 236 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2008]

Summary:

Over the last two decades, indigenous populations in Latin America have achieved a remarkable level of visibility and political effectiveness, particularly in Ecuador and Bolivia. In Struggles of Voice, Jose Antonio Lucero examines these two outstanding examples in order to understand their different patterns of indigenous mobilization and to reformulate the theoretical model by which we link political representation to social change.

Building on extensive fieldwork, Lucero considers Ecuador's united indigenous movement and compares it to the more fragmented situation in Bolivia. He analyzes the mechanisms at work in political and social structures to explain the different outcomes in each case. Lucero assesses the intricacies of the many indigenous organizations and the influence of various NGOs to uncover how the conflicts within social movements, the shifting nature of indigenous identities, and the politics of transnationalism all contribute to the success or failure of political mobilization.

Contents:

Constructing movements and comparisons

Toward a political and conceptual genealogy of representation

Comparing communities, contention, and representation, 1860s-1960s

Articulating indianness regionally and nationally, 1960s-1990s

Neoliberal and multicultural encounters, 1990-2005

Strategic constructivism and essentialism

Articulating utopias, histories, and politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-227) and index.

ISBN:

9780822943525

0822943522

9780822959984

0822959984

OCLC:

228363876