Kenneth J. Mijeski,Scott H. Beck
Â One of the most important stories in Latin American studies today is the emergence of left-leaning social movements sweeping across Latin America includes the mobilization of militant indigenous politics. Formed in 1995 in Ecuador to advance the interests of a variety of peopleâ€™s organizations and to serve as an alternative to the countryâ€™s traditional political parties, Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement (Pachakutik) is an indigenist-based movement and political party.,Â  In this critical work, Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck evaluate the successes and failures experienced by Ecuadorâ€™s Indians in their quest to transform the state into a participative democracy that would address the needs of the countryâ€™s long-ignored and impoverished majority, both indigenous and nonindigenous. Using a powerful statistical technique and in-depth interviews with political activists, the authors show that the political election game failed to advance the cause of either Ecuadorâ€™s poor majority or the movementâ€™s own indigenous base. Â ,Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movemen,t is an extraordinarily valuable case study that examines the birth, development, and in this case, waning of Ecuadorâ€™s indigenous movement., The mobilization of militant indigenous politics is one of the most important stories in Latin American studies today. In this critical work, Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck examine the rise and decline of Ecuadorâ€™s leading indigenous party, Pachakutik, as it tried to transform the state into a participative democracy., Using in-depth interviews with political activists, as well as a powerful statistical analysis of election results, the authors show that the political election game failed to advance the causes of Ecuadorâ€™s poor or the movementâ€™s own indigenous supporters. Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement is an extraordinarily valuable case study of Ecuadorâ€™s indigenous movement and the challenges it still faces.
Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement