Post-mobilization Indigenous Politics

Session Submission Type: LASA Section Presentation

Abstract

What happens after indigenous mobilization? Indigenous organizations and communities have emerged as prominent actors in Latin America, pushing for a range of reforms that would reshape democratic citizenship. Yet, research has only started to explore contestation over these consequential reforms. To what extent are indigenous demands institutionalized? How do indigenous communities and organizations engage with these political processes? Have the reforms advanced the meaningful recognition of indigenous rights in the region? Drawing on research on multicultural, land, and prior consultation reforms throughout the region, this panel explores the policy outcomes of indigenous mobilization.

Sub Track

• Section Presentation

Session Organizer

• Carla A Alberti, Brown University

Chair

• Moisés Jaime Bailón, CNDH

Individual Presentations

• Beyond Mobilization: Indigenous and State Actors in the Making of Policy - Maritza V Paredes Gonzales, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

• Public Service Delivery and Ethnic Conflict in Southern Mexico - Matthew R Cleary, Syracuse University

• A New Indigenous Environmental Movement at Water’s Edge: Aggregating Individual Attitudes to Explain Recent Actions by Euador’s Amazonian Peoples - Todd A Eisenstadt, American University

• Populist Multiculturalism: Evo Morales’ Government and Indigenous Movements in Bolivia - Carla A Alberti, Brown University

• Land versus Territory: Evaluating Indigenous Land Policy for the Mapuche in Chile - Kelly Bauer, George Washington University

Discussant

• Shannan L Mattiace, Allegheny College