Politics in the Andes : identity, conflict, reform / edited by Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burt, Jo-Marie, editor.

Mauceri, Philip, editor.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Andes Region.

Democracy.

Indians of South America--Andes Region--Ethnic identity.

Indians of South America.

Social change--Andes Region--History.

Social change.

Violence--Andes Region--History.

Violence.

Andes Region--Politics and government--20th century.

Andes Region.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. Politics in the Andes is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those forces. Individual chapters are structured around themes of ethnic, regional, and gender diversity; viol.

Contents:

Ethnic identity and politics in the Central Andes : the cases of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru / Xavier Albó

Linking movement and electoral politics : Ecuador's indigenous movement and the rise of Pachakutik / Jennifer Collins

Engendering Andean politics : the paradoxes of women's movements in neoliberal Ecuador and Bolivia / Amy Lind

Dismembering and remembering the nation : the semantics of political violence in Venezuela / Fernando Coronil and Julie Skurski

State, esprit mafioso, and armed conflict in Colombia / Ricardo Vargas

Collateral damage : the U.S. "War on Drugs" and its impact on democracy in the Andes / Coletta A. Youngers

State, elites, and the response to insurgency : some preliminary comparisons between Colombia and Peru / Philip Mauceri

Human rights in the Andes : the defensoría del pueblo / Mark Ungar

State building, state dismantling, and financial crises in Ecuador / Liisa L. North

The struggle for hegemony in Venezuela : poverty, popular protest, and the future of democracy / Margarita López Maya and Luis E. Lander

The tense relationship between democracy and violence in Colombia, 1974-2001 / Francisco Gutierrez Sanin and Luisa Ramírez Rueda

State-making against democracy : the case of Fujimori's Peru / Jo-Marie Burt.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780822972501

0822972506

OCLC:

619008571