Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement.

Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 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 -- The Zenith and the Nadir of Power, 2000-2003 -- 6 How to Lose by Winning -- From the 2002 Elections to the 2006 Elections -- 7 The Rise and Decline of the Indigenous Movement -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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.

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