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Author Cameron, John D., 1969-

Title Struggles for local democracy in the Andes / John Cameron.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : FirstForumPress, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 383 pages) : 1 map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-364) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Municipal democratization after agrarian reform in Guamote, Ecuador -- Municipal democratization in a context of structural inequality in Cotacachi, Ecuador -- The difficult marriage of liberal and indigenous democracy in Jesús de Machaca, Bolivia / with Gonzalo Colque -- Struggles for municipal power among NGOs, peasant organizations and local elites in Mizque, Bolivia -- From clientelism to democracy and back in Limatambo, Peru -- Municipal democratization after political violence in Haquira, Peru -- Conclusion.
Summary "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."--Publisher's description.
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Subject Local government -- Andes Region.
Local government.
Andes Region.
Municipal government -- Andes Region.
Municipal government.
Democratization -- Andes Region.
Democratization.
Indians of South America -- Andes Region -- Politics and government.
Indians of South America.
Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples -- Andes Region -- Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cameron, John D., 1969- Struggles for local democracy in the Andes 9781935049166 (DLC) 2009034308 (OCoLC)434125695
ISBN 9781626371576 (electronic book)
1626371571 (electronic book)
9781935049166
193504916X