| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary political theory
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Contemporary political theory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-346) and index. |
| Contents |
Stepping behind the claims of culture : constructing identities, constituting politics -- Internal colonialism in Mexican state formation -- "The politics of small things" -- From peasant to indigenous : shifting the parameters of politics -- The politics of indigenous rights -- Critical liberalism. |
| Summary |
Tracing the political origins of the Mexican indigenous rights movement, from the colonial encounter to the Zapatista uprising, and from Chiapas to Geneva, Courtney Jung locates indigenous identity in the history of Mexican state formation. She argues that indigenous identity is not an accident of birth but a political achievement that offers a new voice to many of the world's poorest and most dispossessed. The moral force of indigenous claims rests not on the existence of cultural differences, or identity, but on the history of exclusion and selective inclusion that constitutes indigenous identity. As a result, the book shows that privatizing or protecting such groups is a mistake and develops a theory of critical liberalism that commits democratic government to active engagement with the claims of culture. This book will appeal to scholars and students of political theory, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology studying multiculturalism and the politics of culture. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of Mexico -- Ethnic identity.
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Indians of Mexico -- Ethnic identity. |
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Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government.
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Indians of Mexico -- Politics and government. |
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Minorities -- Mexico.
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Minorities. |
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Mexico. |
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Multiculturalism -- Mexico.
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Multiculturalism. |
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Mexico -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Mexico -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jung, Courtney, 1965- Moral force of indigenous politics. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521878760 0521878764 (DLC) 2007052905 (OCoLC)190760667 |
| ISBN |
9780511508127 (electronic book) |
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0511508123 (electronic book) |
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0521878764 (cloth) |
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9780521878760 (cloth) |
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0521703476 (paper) |
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9780521703475 (paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612058257 |
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