Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Raúl L. Madrid is Associate Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of Retiring the State: The Politics of Pension Privatization in Latin America and Beyond (2003) and is a co-editor of Leftist Governments in Latin America: Successes and Shortcomings (Cambridge University Press, 2010). His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics, Electoral Studies, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin American Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, Political Science Quarterly and World Politics. Klappentext Explores why indigenous movements have recently won elections for the first time in the history of Latin America. Zusammenfassung Argues that indigenous parties in Latin America have won elections by using a combination of inclusive ethnic and populist appeals to reach out to whites and mestizos! as well as to indigenous people. Contains up-to-date analyses of parties in seven countries! including detailed case studies of Bolivia! Ecuador and Peru. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Ethnicity and ethnopopulism in Latin America; 3. The ascent of the Movimiento al Socialismo in Bolivia; 4. The rise and decline of Pachakutik in Ecuador; 5. Ethnopopulism without indigenous parties in Peru; 6. The failure of indigenous parties outside of the Central Andes; 7. Indigenous parties and democracy in the Andes; Conclusion: 8. Theoretical implications.

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• Authors: Ra L. L. Madrid, Ra¿l L. Madrid, Raaul L. Madrid, Raul L. Madrid, Raúl L. Madrid
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521153256
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15325-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Comparative Politics, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Civics and citizenship