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Autore |
Mijeski Kenneth J |
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Pachakutik and the rise and decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous movement / / Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck |
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Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ohio university research in international studies. Latin America series ; ; no. 51 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Ecuador Ethnic relations |
Ecuador Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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