Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge

by Deborah J. Yashar

Book Overview

Deborah Yashar analyzes the contemporary and uneven emergence of Latin American indigenous movements--addressing both why indigenous identities have become politically salient in the contemporary period and why they have translated into significant political organizations in some places and not others. She argues that ethnic politics can best be explained through a comparative historical approach that analyzes three factors: changing citizenship regimes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521534801
• ISBN13: 9780521534802
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.0"