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Author Mijeski, Kenneth J.

Title Pachakutik and the rise and decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous movement / Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck
Published Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 159 pages)
Series Ohio University research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 51
Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 51.
Contents Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Indigenous Political Mobilization; 1: The Genesis of Indigenous Organizing; 2: Social Movements and Political Change in Latin America; 3: The Birth of Pachakutik; 4: Pachakutik and the Politics of the Ballot; 5: The Indigenous Movement as Sisyphus; 6: How to Lose by Winning; 7: The Rise and Decline of the Indigenous Movement; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Summary The mobilization of militant Indigenous politics is one of the most important stories in Latin American studies today. In this critical work, Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck examine the rise and decline of Ecuador's leading Indigenous party, Pachakutik, as it tried to transform the state into a participative democracy. Using in-depth interviews with political activists, as well as a powerful statistical analysis of election results, the authors show that the political election game failed to advance the causes of Ecuador's poor or the movement's own Indigenous supporters
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik-Nuevo País.
SUBJECT Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik-Nuevo País fast
Subject Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Politics and government
Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Government relations
Politics and culture -- Ecuador
Social change -- Ecuador
Political activists -- Ecuador
Indian activists -- Ecuador
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- General.
Ethnic relations
Indian activists
Indians of South America -- Government relations
Indians of South America -- Politics and government
Political activists
Politics and government
Politics and culture
Social change
SUBJECT Ecuador -- Ethnic relations
Ecuador -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040915
Subject Ecuador
Form Electronic book
Author Beck, Scott H.
LC no. 2010051508
ISBN 9780896804777
0896804771