Struggles for local democracy in the Andes / / John Cameron

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463912203321
• Autore: Cameron John <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, Colorado : , : FirstForumPress, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-62637-157-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.8098
• Soggetti: Local government - Andes Region; Municipal government - Andes Region; Democratization - Andes Region; Indians of South America - Andes Region - Politics and government; Indigenous peoples - Andes Region - Politics and government; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acronyms""; ""Map of Research Area""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Introduction""; ""Theoretical Approaches to Municipal Democratization""; ""A Relative Power Approach to Municipal Democratization""; ""Research Methodology""; ""Decentralization in the Andes""; ""Overview of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-Municipal Democratization After Agrarian Reform in Guamote, Ecuador""; ""Agrarian Transformation and Political Power in Guamote""; ""External Interventions and the Emergence of Indigenous Peasant Organizations""; ""From an â€?Abandoned Rural Townâ€? to a Model of Rural Development?""""Changes and Continuities in Municipal Administration Under Peasant Control""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-From Clientelism to Democracy and Back in Limatambo, Peru""; ""Agrarian Change and Struggles for Local Power in Limatambo""; ""Struggles for Municipal Democracy in Limatambo""; ""The Breakdown of Municipal Democratization: A Chronicle Foretold?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7-Municipal Democratization After Political Violence in Haquira, Peru""; ""Historical Changes in Local Power Relations in Haquira""; ""Political Violence and Changes in Local Power Relations""""Municipal Democratization Efforts in the Wake of Political Violence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""8-Conclusion""; ""What Factors Best Explain Rural Municipal Democratization?""; ""What Kinds of Municipal Democracy Are Emerging in the Rural Andes?""; ""The Impacts of Municipal Democratization on Rural Populations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""