The Politics of South American Boundaries.

Cover -- THE POLITICS OF SOUTH AMERICAN BOUNDARIES -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Boundaries as Instruments of Power -- UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS AND UTI POSSIDETIS DE FACTO -- THE BOUNDARIES OF BRAZIL -- THE BOUNDARIES OF SPANISH SOUTH AMERICA -- THE DEMARCATION COMMISSIONS -- NOTES -- 2 The Boundary Theory of South American States -- A CRITICAL POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS OF THE BOUNDARY THEORY OF SOUTH AMERICAN STATES -- The Authority Claim -- The National Territory -- The Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples -- Territorial Consciousness -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 The Production of Territorial Consciousness: The Politics of the Ecuador-Peru Boundar y -- PRODUCING THE ENEMY -- THE CORDILLERA DEL CÓNDOR, TIWINZA, AND ECOLOGICAL PARKS -- CONTESTING IMAGES -- NOTES -- 4 Boundary Politics in Amazonia -- STATE TERRITORY -- GARIMPEIROS, COCA, AND GUERRILLAS -- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' TERRITORY -- NOTES -- 5 Conclusions -- BOUNDARIES AND ORDER -- BOUNDARIES AND WAR -- THE MEANING OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORY -- BOUNDARIES AND GLOBALIZATION -- NOTES -- Selected Bibliography -- BOUNDARIES IN GENERAL -- SOUTH AMERICAN BOUNDARIES -- Index -- About the Author.

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