From Movements to Parties in Latin America Hardback: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics - Hardcover

Van Cott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521855020 ISBN 13: 9780521855020

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This book explains the formation in the 1990s by indigenous peoples' movements of successful political parties in four Latin American countries. It contributes to scholarly understanding of ethnic political cleavages, indigenous political mobilization, and the transformation of party systems and political representations in contemporary Latin America.

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Críticas:

'In this magnificent landmark study, Van Cott establishes herself as the preeminent empiricist on and advocate for ethnic parties in South America.' Foreign Affairs

'In a clear and well-written treatment, Van Cott ... asks why ethnic parties emerged in the 1990s and why they experienced different levels of success ... This is a crucial resource for understanding contemporary indigenous politics.' Choice

'Because of the great complexity of indigenous politics in Latin America, rarely does scholarship on this topic venture beyond one or two country cases. Donna Lee Van Cott's systematic comparison of indigenous politics across six countries is therefore a courageous and welcome contribution to the growing literature on this topic.' International Affairs

'Donna Lee Van Cott has been a pioneer in the study of indigenous people's politics in Latin America. Her new book is an important contribution to the study of political parties, especially to the questions of why indigenous parties form and succeed or fail to ... From Movement to Parties is very well researched, clearly and persuasively argued, and well written. It is essential reading for political scientists who work on ethnic parties, social movements, and Latin America.' Political Science Quarterly

'Van Cott's book is the first in-depth analysis that analyzes ethnic party emergence by rigorously comparing the primary cases of both successful and failed formation ... The book is extremely thorough, providing excellent, in-depth discussions ... arguably provid[ing] the single best current source of information on indegous political parties in Latin America.' Moblization

Biografía del autor:

Donna Lee Van Cott is Associate Professor of Political Science and Latin American studies at Tulane University. She is author of The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America (2000), editor of Indigenous Peoples and Democracy in Latin America (1994), and has published more than a dozen articles on related topics. She has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship as well as a residential fellowship from the Helen Kellogg Institute of International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dr Van Cott is the founding chair of the section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples of the Latin American Studies Association.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521855020
• ISBN 13: 9780521855020
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300