Indigenous Peoples, Civil Society, and the Neo-liberal State in Latin America
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ISBN-13: | 9781845455972 |
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Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated |
Publication date: | 10/01/2008 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Edward F. Fischer is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. His work focuses on issues of political economy, identity politics, and globalization; he has conducted long-term fieldwork with the Maya of Guatemala and in Germany. His publications include Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala (1996), Cultural Logics and Global Economies: Maya Identity in Thought and Practice (2001), Tecpán Guatemala: A Modern Maya Town in Local and Global Context (2002, with Carol Hendrickson), and Broccoli and Desire: Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala (2006, with Peter Benson). His current research focuses on the interplay of moral values and economic rationalities.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Indigenous Peoples, Neo-liberal Regimes, and Varieties of Civil Society in Latin America Edward F. FischerChapter 2. Indigenous Politics and the State: The Andean Highlands in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Michiel Baud
Chapter 3. La Mano Dura and the Violence of Civil Society in Bolivia Daniel M. Goldsteinwith Gloria Achá, Eric Hinojosa, and Theo Roncken
Chapter 4. Empire/Multitude—State/Civil Society: Rethinking Topographies of Power through Transnational Connectivity in Ecuador and Beyond Suzana Sawyer
Chapter 5. The Power of Ecuador’s Indigenous Communities in an Era of Cultural Pluralism Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld
Chapter 6. Civil Society and the Indigenous Movement in Colombia: The Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca Joanne Rappaport
Chapter 7. Indigenous Nations in Guatemalan Democracy and the State: A Tentative Assessment Demetrio Cojtí Cuxil
Chapter 8. Reformulating the Guatemalan State: The Role of Maya Intellectuals and Civil Society Discourse Marta Elena Casaús Arzú
Chapter 9. El otro lado: Local Ends and Development in a Q’eqchi’ Maya Community Avery Dickins
Chapter 10. The Political Uses of Maya Medicine: Civil Organizations in Chiapas and the Ventriloquism Effect Pedro Pitarch
Bibliography Index