ISBN:
978-1-107-69676-1
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 208 Seiten
,
Karten
Edition:
First published 2011, first paperback edition
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
Keywords:
Mexiko Oaxaca
;
Indianer, Mexiko
;
Chiapas
;
Politik und Gesellschaft
;
Ethnizität
;
Bürgerrecht
;
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Grundeigentum
;
Beziehungen, interethnische
;
Anthropologie, soziale
;
Anthropologie, politische
Abstract:
Drawing on an original survey of more than 5,000 respondents, this book argues that, contrary to claims by the 1994 Zapatista insurgency, indigenous and non-indigenous respondents in southern Mexico have been united by socioeconomic conditions and land tenure institutions as well as by ethnic identity. It concludes that--contrary to many analyses of Chiapas's 1994 indigenous rebellion--external influences can trump ideology in framing social movements. Rural Chiapas's prevalent communitarian. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments - 1. Surveying the silence - 2. A tale of two movements - 3. Individual and communitarian identities in indigenous southern Mexico - 4. Agrarian conflict, armed rebellion, and the struggle for rights in Chiapas' Lacandon Jungle - 5. Customary practices, women's rights, and multicultural elections in Oaxaca - 6. From balaclavas to baseball caps - 7. Reconciling individual rights, communal rights, and autonomy institutions - Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 181-201
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