Politics in the Andes: Identity, Conflict, Reform
The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. Politics in the Andes is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.\ Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those...
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The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. Politics in the Andes is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those forces. Individual chapters are structured around themes of ethnic, regional, and gender diversity; violence and drug trafficking; and political change and democracy. Politics in the Andes offers a contemporary view of a region in crisis, providing the necessary context to link the often sensational news from the area to broader historical, political, economic, and social trends.
List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1IThe Struggle for Identity1Ethnic Identity and Politics in the Central Andes: The Cases of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru172Linking Movement and Electoral Politics: Ecuador's Indigenous Movement and the Rise of Pachakutik383Engendering Andean Politics: The Paradoxes of Women's Movements in Neoliberal Ecuador and Bolivia58IIConflict and Violence4Dismembering and Remembering the Nation: The Semantics of Political Violence in Venezuela815State, Esprit Mafioso, and Armed Conflict in Colombia1076Collateral Damage: The U.S. "War on Drugs" and Its Impact on Democracy in the Andes1267State, Elites, and the Response to Insurgency: Some Preliminary Comparisons between Colombia and Peru1468Human Rights in the Andes: The Defensoria del Pueblo164IIIPolitical Change and Democracy9State Building, State Dismantling, and Financial Crises in Ecuador18710The Struggle for Hegemony in Venezuela: Poverty, Popular Protest, and the Future of Democracy20711The Tense Relationship between Democracy and Violence in Colombia, 1974-200122812State Making against Democracy: The Case of Fujimori's Peru247Conclusion269Notes281Bibliography291List of Contributors311Index315
