The crisis of multiculturalism in Latin America. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Lehmann, editor.
• Authors: Lehmann, David
• Contents: Foreword; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Multiculturalism and 'interculturalidad': The Material and the Symbolic; The Indigenous and the Popular in the Administration of Justice; Recognition's Unavoidable Muddles; Role of the State; Observers and Observed Dealing with Constructed Identities; Respect; Detachment and Attachment in Ethnography; Activist and Collaborative Research; Recognition and Inclusion; Ethnogenesis, Resemanticization and Corporatism; References. Chapter 2: Multiculturalism as a Juridical Weapon: The Use and Abuse of the Concept of 'Pueblo Originario' in Agrarian Conflicts in Michoacán, Mexico Introduction: Legitimate and Ideological Recognition; Red Spots: Between Security and the Agrarian Counter-Reform; The Tarascan Plateau (Meseta Tarasca): One troublespot for 58 Agrarian Communities in Conflict; The Purhépecha: A Native People or an Indigenous People?; The Pueblo Indigena: A 'Community of Communities'?; Conclusion; References; Glossary and Acronyms; Chapter 3: Paradoxes of Multiculturalism in Bolivia; Introduction. Evo Morales and the Indigenous StateIndigenous Citizenship; Differentiated Indigenous Citizens; Indigenous Colonists; The TIPNIS Case; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: The Ethnicization of Agrarian Conflicts: An Argentine Case; Introduction: National Context; Local Context; Historical Background; The Colonial Period and Independence; Two Contrasting Situations: Amaicha and Quilmes; Amaicha: A Special Case; Quilmes and Its Bosses; Winds of Change; The Movement During the Dirty War: 1976-1983; Legislation in Support of Native Populations: From the International to the Local Arena. Amaicha and the Recognition of Land Title: The Indian RedefinedThe Quilmes Order Is Turned on Its Head; An Indian Organization Gains in Stature; Quilmes' Landowners on the Defensive; The Role of the 'Human Rights Indians'; Indian Communities Proliferate in the Region; The Landowners' Response; Contrasting Stories: From Violence to Impunity; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Inventing Rights of Our Own: Women Transcending the Opposition Between the Indigenous and the Universal; Introduction; Indigenous Women Inventing Rights; Shaping Montecristi: Women's Decision-Making in Collective Rights. Reconciling Cultural Justice with Women RightsDifferentiating Rights in Plurinational States; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: The Demand for Recognition and Access to Citizenship: Ethnic Labelling and Territorial Restructuring in Brazil; Introduction; An Ethno-Territorial Model for the Defence of the Weakest; Territorial Overlap and Internal Conflicts; Territorial Design and Territorialities: Local Populations and External Actors; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: The Politics of Naming: Affirmative Action in Brazilian Higher Education.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.80098; Political science; Multiculturalism -- Latin America; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Multiculturalism; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- General; History -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Cultural studies; Ethnic studies; History of the Americas; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Sociology; Ethnicity; Ethnology; Political Science -- General; Political science & theory; Latin America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137509581; 1137509589; 1137509570; 9781137509574
• Related ISBNs: 9781137509574
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 23, 2016).
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