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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822302103321

Autore

Harvey Neil <1961->

Titolo

The Chiapas Rebellion : the struggle for land and democracy / / Neil Harvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-8223-2238-2

0-8223-9830-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

972/.750835

972.750835

Soggetti

Social movements - Mexico - Chiapas - History

Peasants - Political activity - Mexico - Chiapas - History

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Chiapas - Government relations

Land reform - Mexico - Chiapas - History

Representative government and representation - Mexico - History

Mexico Politics and government 1988-2000

Chiapas (Mexico) History Peasant Uprising, 1994-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. The Right to Have Rights ; 2. Colonialism, State Formation, and Resistance ; 3. Leaders and Base in the Lacandon Forest ; 4. Mobilization and Repression in Simojovel and Venustiano Carranza ; 5. National Movements, Local Factionalism ; 6. From Plan Chiapas to the New Zapatismo ; 7. Neoliberalism and Rebellion ; 8. The Zapatista Opening ; App. A. Chronology of Peasant Movements in Chiapas.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1994 the Zapatista rebellion brought international attention to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Neil Harvey combines ten years of field work in Chiapas with extensive historical and political research to provide a comprehensive history of conflict in this region and a nuanced analysis of this rural uprising against federal bureaucracy and landed elites.Beginning with an exploration of the history of ethnic and class conflict in Chiapas since the Conquest, Harvey moves specifically to trace the development of peasant and indigenous organizations in



Chiapas since the early 1970s. He compares the struggles for agrarian rights of three grassroots movements facing hostility from both local elites and federal bureaucrats. His examination of the complexities of political change in Chiapas includes the impact of neoliberal economic policies, the origins of the Zapatista army of National Liberation (EZLN), and the political impact of the rebellion itself. Engaging with current theoretical debates on the role and significance of social movements in Mexico and Latin America, Harvey focuses on the primacy of political struggle and on the importance of these movements in the construction and meaning of citizenship. While suggesting that the Zapatista revolution has heightened awareness among the people of Chiapas of such democratic issues as ethnicity, gender, and land distribution, he concludes with an analysis of the obstacles to peace in the region today.This unprecedented study of the Zapatista rebellion will provoke discussion among students and scholars of contemporary Mexico, political science, Latin American studies, history, sociology, and anthropology.