From Movements to Parties in Latin America The Evolution of Ethnic Politics

Provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to s...

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Main Author: Van Cott, Donna Lee
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 22.08.2005
Edition:1
Subjects:
Government
Indians of South America
Indians of South America > Politics and government
Latin America
Latin America - Ethnic relations - Political aspects
Latin America > Politics and government > 1980
Political movements
Political parties
Political parties > Latin America
Social movements
South Amerindians
ISBN:9780521855020, 9780521707039, 0521855020, 052170703X
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Ethnic Party Formation and Performance -- institutions, party systems, and social movements -- ethnic politics, social movements, and political parties -- research design -- organization of the book -- 2 Institutions, Party Systems, and Social Movements -- ethnic parties and the permissive institutional environment -- Decentralization -- Increased Ballot Access -- Reserved Seats and Quotas -- Proportional Representation -- Threshold of Representation -- ethnic parties and party systems -- Dealignment -- Party System Fragmentation -- The Weakness or Decline of Leftist Parties -- ethnic parties and social movements -- Access to the Constitutional Reform Process -- The Diffusion Effect -- Dense Organizational Network of Affiliates -- Organizational Maturity of Indigenous Movements -- Proportional Size, Dispersion, and Concentration of Indigenous Population -- conclusion -- 3 "A Reflection of Our Motley Reality": Bolivian Indians' Slow Path to Political Representation -- indigenous social movements in bolivia -- The First Wave of Highland Indigenous Organizations -- Indigenous Movements in the Lowlands -- understanding ethnic party formation -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario I -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario II -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario III -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario IV -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario V -- understanding new ethnic party performance -- The Pre--Reform Era (1978--1993) -- The Post--Reform Era (1995--2002) -- conclusion -- coda -- 4 "We Are the Government": Pachakutik's Rapid Ascent to National Power -- indigenous social movements in ecuador -- Indigenous Organizations in the Sierra -- Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon
  • National Indigenous Organizations -- understanding ethnic party formation -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario I -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario II -- Decision-Making Scenario III -- understanding ethnic party performance -- conclusion -- 5 "It Is Not a Priority": The Failure to Form Viable Ethnic Parties in Peru -- indigenous social movements in peru -- Indigenous Movements in the Sierra -- Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon -- The Emergence of a National Indigenous Organization -- understanding ethnic party formation -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario I -- Future Prospects -- understanding ethnic party performance -- conclusion -- 6 Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela: Unlikely Cases of Ethnic Party Formation and Success -- indigenous social movements -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- Argentina -- constitutional reform conjuncture -- understanding ethnic party formation -- Colombia -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario I -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario II -- Venezuela -- Strategic Decision-Making Scenario I -- Argentina -- understanding ethnic party performance -- Colombia -- Venezuela -- conclusion -- 7 Conclusions and Implications -- explaining ethnic party formation -- Indigenous Social Movements: Resources, Opportunities, and Organization -- Permissiveness of the Institutional Environment -- Openness of the Party System -- understanding ethnic party performance -- Indigenous Social Movements: Resources and Opportunities -- Permissiveness of the Institutional Environment -- Openness of Party System -- looking ahead -- implications for the future of democracy and indigenous peoples -- References -- Index