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FROM TRIBAL VILLAGE TO GLOBAL VILLAGE
INDIAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA |
| By: |
Alison Brysk |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£32.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804734593 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804734592 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2000 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Description: |
This book examines the rise of human rights movements in five Latin American countries-Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Bolivia-among the hemisphere's most isolated and powerless people, Latin American Indians. It describes the impact of the Indian rights movement on world politics, from reforming the United Nations to evicting foreign oil companies, and analyzes the impact of these human rights experiences for all of Latin America's indigenous citizens and native people throughout the world. |
| Synopsis: |
In Ecuador, every year since 1990 Indian protestors have brought the country to a standstill; in Mexico, Zapatista indigenous guerillas rose up in arms to protest North American free trade. In Brazil, shamans faced down bulldozers to block World Bank dams, while in Bolivia, peasants attacked U.S. troops for the right to grow coca. These are a few examples of the rise of a transnational human rights movement among the hemisphere's most isolated and powerless people, Latin American Indians.This book tells the story of the unexpected impact of the Indian rights movement on world politics, from reforming the United Nations to evicting oil companies. Using a constructivist theoretical approach that synthesizes international relations, social movement theory, ethnic politics, and work on democratic transitions, the author argues that marginalized people have responded to globalization with new, internationalized forms of identity politics that reconstruct power relations.Based on case studies from Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, this book analyzes the implications of these human rights experiences for all of Latin America's 40 million indigenous citizens, and the 300 million native people throughout the world. The thematic organization of the book allows the author to trace distinctive dynamics of interstate relations, global markets, and transnational civil society. The book concludes with an analysis of the movement's impact and policy recommendations. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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