From movements to parties in Latin America : the evolution of ethnic politics
Donna Lee Van Cott examines the transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela - and their failure to succeed in two others - Argentina and Peru
Print Book, English, 2007
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007
xxii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780521707039, 9780521855020, 052170703X, 0521855020
138584202
Introduction : toward a comprehensive theory of ethnic party formation and performance
Institutions, party systems, and social movements
"A reflection of our motley reality" : Bolivian Indians' slow path to political representation
"We are the government" : Pachakutik's rapid ascent to national power
"It is not a priority" : the failure to form viable ethnic parties in Peru
Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela : unlikely cases of ethnic party formation and success