Politics in the Andes : Identity, Conflict, Reform.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri -- I. The Struggle for Identity -- 1. Ethnic Identity and Politics in the Central Andes: The Cases of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru / Xavier Albo -- 2. Linking Movement and Electoral Politics: Ecuador's Indigenous Movement and the Rise of Pachakutik / Jennifer Collins -- 3. Engendering Andean Politics: The Paradoxes of Women's Movements in Neoliberal Ecuador and Bolivia / Amy Lind -- II. Conflict and Violence -- 4. Dismembering and Remembering the Nation: The Semantics of Political Violence in Venezuela / Fernando Coronil and Julie Skurski -- 5. State, Esprit Mafioso, and Armed Conflict in Colombia / Ricardo Vargas -- 6. Collateral Damage: The U.S. "War on Drugs" and Its Impact on Democracy in the Andes / Coletta A. Youngers -- 7. State, Elites, and the Response to Insurgency: Some Preliminary Comparisons between Colombia and Peru / Philip Mauceri -- 8. Human Rights in the Andes: The Defensoria del Pueblo / Mark Ungar -- III. Political Change and Democracy -- 9. State Building, State Dismantling, and Financial Crises in Ecuador / Lilsa L. North -- 10. The Struggle for Hegemony in Venezuela: Poverty, Popular Protest, and the Future of Democracy / Margarita Lopez Maya and Luis E. Lander -- 11. The Tense Relationship between Democracy and Violence in Colombia, 1974-2001 / Francisco Gutierrez Sanin and Luisa Ramirez Rueda -- 12. State Making against Democracy: The Case of Fujimori's Peru / Jo-Marie Burt -- Conclusion / Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index.
This volume represents the first comprehensive examination of the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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