Title Pachakutik : Indigenous movements and electoral politics in Ecuador / Marc Becker

Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations, map Series Critical currents in Latin American perspective Critical currents in Latin American perspective. Contents The politicization of Indigenous identities -- Uprisings -- The emergence of an electoral option -- The last coup of the twentieth century -- Indians in power -- A citizen's revolution -- Rewriting the Constitution-- again -- 2009 elections -- Social movements and electoral politics Summary "This authoritative book provides a deeply informed overview of one of the most dynamic social movements in Latin America. Focusing on contemporary Indigenous movements in Ecuador, leading scholar Marc Becker traces the growing influence of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), which in 1990 led a powerful uprising that dramatically placed a struggle for Indigenous rights at the center of public consciousness. Activists began to refer to this uprising as a "pachakutik," a Kichwa word that means change, rebirth, and transformation, both in the sense of a return in time and the coming of a new era. Five years later, proponents launched a new political movement called Pachakutik to compete for elected office. In 2006, Ecuadorians elected Rafael Correa, who many saw as emblematic of the new Latin American left, to the presidency of the country. Even though CONAIE, Pachakutik, and Correa shared similar concerns for social justice, they soon came into conflict with each other. Becker examines the competing strategies and philosophies that emerge when social movements and political parties embrace comparable visions but follow different paths to realize their objectives. In exploring the multiple and conflictive strategies that Indigenous movements have followed over the past twenty years, he definitively documents the recent history and charts the trajectory of one of the Americas' most powerful and best organized social movements." -- Publisher's Description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index Notes Print version record Subject Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador. SUBJECT Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador fast Subject Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Politics and government Indians of South America -- Civil rights -- Ecuador Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Social conditions Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Ethnic identity Civil rights movements -- Ecuador Social movements -- Ecuador Elections -- Ecuador SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Civil rights movements Elections Ethnic relations Indians of South America -- Civil rights Indians of South America -- Ethnic identity Indians of South America -- Politics and government Indians of South America -- Social conditions Politics and government Social movements SUBJECT Ecuador -- Politics and government -- 1984- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88002741 Ecuador -- Ethnic relations Subject Ecuador Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442207554 1442207558 9781442207547 144220754X 9786612922640 6612922648

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