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Peoples of the Earth
Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in 'Latin' America
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2012
Summary
Peoples of the Earth employs a comparative history of ethno-nationalism to examine Indian activism and its challenges to the political, social and economic status quo in the countries of Central and South America. It explores the intersect between problems of democratic empowerment and security-including the appearance of radical Islam among Indians in two important countries-arising from the re-emergence of dormant forms of ethnic militancy and unprecedented internal challenges to nation-states. The institutions and practices of Indian self-government in the United States and Canada are examined as a means of comparison with contemporary phenomena in Central and South America, suggesting frameworks for the successful democratic incorporation of the region's most disenfranchised peoples. European models emerging from "intermestic" dilemmas are considered, as are those involving the Inuit people (or Eskimos) in the Canadian far north, as policymakers there "think outside the box" in ways that include more robust roles for both sub-national and international bodies. Finally, the work challenges policymakers to broaden the debate about how to approach the issues of political and economic empowerment and regional security concerning Native peoples, to include consideration of new ways of protecting both land rights and the environment, thus avoiding a zero-sum solution between the region's 40 million Indians and the rest of its peoples.
Peoples of the Earth has the potential to become a pioneer study addressing ethnic activism, characterized by multiple, small groups pressing for state recognition and democratic participation, while also promoting a defence of the environment and natural resources. Part of its attractiveness is the likelihood that the work will lead to further investigations and will become an authoritative point of departure for the fertile area of ethnonationalism studies in Latin America. Each country chapter provides a succinct but substantial presentation of the basic issue
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4391-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4393-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
296
Product Type
Monograph
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Foreword: The Last Frontier of De-colonization in The Americas: Indigenous Peoples No access
Acknowledgments No access
1: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
2: The "Miner's Canary" of Democracy No access Pages 21 - 36
3: Elite Neglect and "Rediscovery" No access Pages 37 - 46
4: Is Democracy a Zero-Sum Game? No access Pages 47 - 52
5: Imagined Communities: Marxism and The Indian Nation-State No access Pages 53 - 64
6: Indian Lands, "Ungoverned Spaces," and Failing States No access Pages 65 - 92
7: Bolivia: Unraveling a Present Past No access Pages 93 - 114
8: Perú: The Emergence of The Unbowed "Other" No access Pages 115 - 130
9: Ecuador: A Populist Test of Plurinationalism No access Pages 131 - 138
10: Guatemala: Many Nations Within a Single Nation-State No access Pages 139 - 144
11: Chile: Contesting The Lands of The "People of The Earth" No access Pages 145 - 156
12: Colombia: Special Rights Within a Context of Lawlessness No access Pages 157 - 164
13: Toward A New American Identity No access Pages 165 - 192
14: Conclusions No access Pages 193 - 198
Appendices: U.S. State Department Annual Human Rights Country Reports 2008 No access Pages 199 - 208
