Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America

Name: Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America
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ISBN: 9780521153256

ISBN-10: 0521153255

ISBN-13: 9780521153256

Edition: 2012

Authors: Raï¿½l L. Madrid

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The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America explores why indigenous movements have recently won elections for the first time in the history of the region. Raúl L. Madrid argues that some indigenous parties have won by using inclusive populist appeals to reach out to whites and mestizos. Indigenous parties have managed to win support across ethnic lines because the long history of racial mixing in Latin America blurred ethnic boundaries and reduced ethnic polarization. The appeals of the indigenous parties have especially resonated in the Andean countries because of widespread disenchantment with the region's traditional parties. The book contains up-to-date qualitative and quantitative…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Raï¿½l 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.




Introduction



Ethnicity and ethnopopulism in Latin America



The ascent of the Movimiento al Socialismo in Bolivia



The rise and decline of Pachakutik in Ecuador



Ethnopopulism without indigenous parties in Peru



The failure of indigenous parties outside of the Central Andes



Indigenous parties and democracy in the Andes


Conclusion



Theoretical implications