Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction: Renato Boschi and Carlos Henrique Santana
- Part I Development, Macroeconomic Policies and Varieties of Capitalism
- Part II Political Culture, Identity Politics and Political Contention
- Chapter 5 Indigenous Movements in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
- Chapter 6 Path Dependence versus Adaptation in Estonian Ethnopolitics
- Chapter 7 Integration Parliaments in Europe and Latin America: Explaining Variations
- Part III Ideas and the Role of Elites and Advocacy Networks: Translating and Legitimating the Frontiers of Institutional Reforms
- Part IV Economic Reforms, Public Policies and Development
Chapter 5 - Indigenous Movements in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
from Part II - Political Culture, Identity Politics and Political Contention
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction: Renato Boschi and Carlos Henrique Santana
- Part I Development, Macroeconomic Policies and Varieties of Capitalism
- Part II Political Culture, Identity Politics and Political Contention
- Chapter 5 Indigenous Movements in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
- Chapter 6 Path Dependence versus Adaptation in Estonian Ethnopolitics
- Chapter 7 Integration Parliaments in Europe and Latin America: Explaining Variations
- Part III Ideas and the Role of Elites and Advocacy Networks: Translating and Legitimating the Frontiers of Institutional Reforms
- Part IV Economic Reforms, Public Policies and Development
Summary
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia are the three countries with the largest relative and absolute indigenous population in South America. Along with Mexico and Guatemala, these countries concentrate the majority of “witness” peoples (as Brazilian anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro named them) throughout the American continent. Given the historical and cultural significance of these groups, examining how they live today and how they are willing to play an active role in the political arena of their countries is of the utmost importance.
In this chapter, I will focus on Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru: the three Central Andean countries which share centuries of history, first as part of the Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire), and afterwards as part of the same Spanish Viceroyalty before they became modern independent states in the nineteenth century.
After a brief summary of some basic facts concerning their indigenous population, this chapter will narrate the intertwined history of these countries with special emphasis on more recent developments, taking into account the impact of subsequent waves of globalization in their territories, resources and ways of life as well as the main proposals and also the achievements of these movements in relation to the political role of indigenous populations in the state.
Basic Data
The geographical backbone uniting these three countries together from north to south is the Andean mountain range, which centuries ago, was also the part of the domains of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), the capital of which was Cusco, in Peru.
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- Development and Semi-PeripheryPost-Neoliberal Trajectories in South America and Central Eastern Europe, pp. 105 - 122Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2012
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