Indigenous rights to land versus extractivism : the promise and limits of ILO Convention no. 169 in Mexico / Tamara A. Wattnem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wattnem, Tamara A., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in indigenous environmental research, 2755-0826.

Cambridge elements. Elements in indigenous environmental research, 2755-0826

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (1989).

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.

Indians of Mexico--Land tenure.

Indians of Mexico.

Indians of Mexico--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indians of Mexico--Government relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Indigenous and tribal communities often make claims to territory citing their longstanding ties to the land. Since 1989, they increasingly reference ILO Convention No. 169, the only legally binding international agreement on Indigenous and tribal peoples rights. This Element proposes a three-pronged analytical framework to assess the promise and limits of indigenous rights to land as influenced by international law. The framework calls for the place-specific investigation of the interrelations between: (1) indigenous identity politics, (2) citizenship regimes, and (3) land tenure regimes. Drawing on the case of Mexico, it argues that the ILO Convention has generally been a weak tool for securing rights to ancestral land and for effectively challenging the expansion of extractivism. Still, it has had numerous other significant socio-political implications, such as shaping discourses of resistance and incentivizing the use of prior consultation mechanisms in the context of territorial disputes.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Imprints page

Indigenous Rights to Land Versus Extractivism: The Promise and Limits of ILO Convention No. 169 in Mexico

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Historical Overview and Theoretical Framework

Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Historical Perspective

Citizenship Regimes and Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Land Tenure Regimes and the Prioritization of Extractivism

3 The Right to Land and Territory in Theory Per ILO Convention No. 169

Representations Filed by Mexican Organizations to the ILO

Summary of Core Points Made in the Representations Filed by Mexican Organizations

4 Mexico's Formal Engagement with ILO Convention No. 169

5 ILO Convention No. 169 in Practice in Mexico

Indigeneity and Mexico's Agrarian Struggles in Historical Perspective

The Politics of State-Sponsored Definitions of Indigeneity in Mexico

Mexico's Multicultural Citizenship Regime

Mexico's Regnant Land Tenure Regime

6 Conclusion: The Promise and Limits of ILO Convention 169 in Land Disputes

References

Research Ethics Statement.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Nov 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-59052-9

1-009-59055-3

1-009-59053-7

OCLC:

1574123530