Struggles for Local Democracy in the Andes / / John Cameron.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cameron, John,
• MitwirkendeR: Colque, Gonzalo,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 p.)

John Cameron draws on power-based approaches to the study of democratization as he thoughtfully explores efforts by indigenous and peasant groups to gain control of local governments and deepen democracy in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Cameron addresses three fundamental questions: What factors best explain the success or failure of local political movements in the Andes? What forms of democracy are emerging in indigenous- and peasant-controlled municipalities? What are the impacts of municipal democratization on the well-being and political identities of the citizenry? As he elucidates his results, he reminds readers that, in the midst of some of the most exclusionary and elite-dominated systems of local government in Latin America, political struggles for democracy are having a profound impact.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acronyms -- Map of Research Area -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Municipal Democratization After Agrarian Reform in Guamote, Ecuador -- 3. Municipal Democratization in a Context of Structural Inequality in Cotacachi, Ecuador -- 4. The Difficult Marriage of Liberal and Indigenous Democracy in Jesús de Machaca, Bolivia -- 5. Struggles for Municipal Power Among NGOs, Peasant Organizations and Local Elites in Mizque, Bolivia -- 6. From Clientelism to Democracy and Back in Limatambo, Peru -- 7. Municipal Democratization After Political Violence in Haquira, Peru -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book