Contesting Citizenship in Latin America by Deborah J. Yashar - 9780521827461

Contesting Citizenship in Latin AmericaThe Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge\nAuthor(s): Deborah J. Yashar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521827461, 978-0521827461\nSynopsis\nIndigenous people in Latin America have mobilized in unprecedented ways - demanding recognition, equal protection, and subnational autonomy. These are remarkable developments in a region where ethnic cleavages were once universally described as weak. Recently, however, indigenous activists and elected officials have increasingly shaped national political deliberations. Deborah Yashar explains 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 polit.