ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Andean region is perhaps the most violent and politically unstable in the Western Hemisphere. Politics in the Andes is the first comprehensive volume to assess the persistent political challenges facing Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Arguing that Andean states and societies have been shaped by common historical forces, the contributors' comparative approach reveals how different countries have responded variously to the challenges and opportunities presented by those forces. Individual chapters are structured around themes of ethnic, regional, and gender diversity; violence and drug trafficking; and political change and democracy.

Politics in the Andes offers a contemporary view of a region in crisis, providing the necessary context to link the often sensational news from the area to broader historical, political, economic, and social trends.

REVIEWS

"Brilliantly illuminates the nature and origins of the Andean arc of crisis. . . . Examines the intense challenges to democratization in the five Andean nations—ethnic and regional cleavages, poverty, and traditions of political violence that have been exacerbated amid the ‘War on Drugs.’"
—Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University

"Engaging. . . This volume far surpasses its modest goals, introducing the reader to the complex terrain of Andean politics and identifying intriguing variations in how these societies have responded to common challenges."
--Latin American Politics and Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Contents
List of Tables and Figures 000
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction 000
Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri
I. The Struggle for Identity
1. Ethnic Identity and Politics in the Central Andes: The Cases of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru 000
Xavier Albó
2. Linking Movement and Electoral Politics: Ecuador's Indigenous Movement and the Rise of Pachakutik 000
Jennifer Collins
3. Engendering Andean Politics: The Paradoxes of Women's Movements in Neoliberal Ecuador and Bolivia 000
Amy Lind
II. Conflict and Violence
4. Dismembering and Remembering the Nation: The Semantics of Political Violence in Venezuela 000
Fernando Coronil and Julie Skurski
5. State, Esprit Mafioso, and Armed Conflict in Colombia 000
Ricardo Vargas
6. Collateral Damage: The U.S. "War on Drugs" and Its Impact on Democracy in the Andes 000
Coletta A. Youngers
7. State, Elites, and the Response to Insurgency: Some Preliminary Comparisons between Colombia and Peru 000
Philip Mauceri
8. Human Rights in the Andes: The Defensoría del Pueblo 000
Mark Ungar
III. Political Change and Democracy
9. State-Building, State Dismantling, and Financial Crises in Ecuador 000
Liisa L. North
10. The Struggle for Hegemony in Venezuela: Poverty, Popular Protest, and the Future of Democracy 000
Margarita López Maya and Luis E. Lander
11. The Tense Relationship between Democracy and Violence in Colombia, 19742001 000
Francisco Gutiérrez Sanin and Luisa Ramírez Rueda
12. State-Making against Democracy: The Case of Fujimori's Peru 000
Jo-Marie Burt
Conclusion 000
Jo-Marie Burt and Philip Mauceri
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
List of Contributors 000
Index 000

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Andes Region Politics and government 20th century, Democracy Andes RegionIndians of South America Andes Region Ethnic identity, Social change Andes Region History, Violence Andes Region History, Drug traffic Andes Region

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