Pachakutik : indigenous movements and electoral politics in Ecuador /

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Author / Creator:Becker, Marc.
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
Series:Critical currents in Latin American perspective
Critical currents in Latin American perspective.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403563
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ISBN:9781442207554
1442207558
9781442207547
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9786612922640
6612922648
9781442207530
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
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Summary:This authoritative book provides a deeply informed overview of one of the most dynamic social movements in Latin America. Focusing on contemporary Indigenous movements in Ecuador, leading scholar Marc Becker traces the growing influence of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), which in 1990 led a powerful uprising that dramatically placed a struggle for Indigenous rights at the center of public consciousness. Activists began to refer to this uprising as a "pachakutik," a Kichwa word that means change, rebirth, and transformation, both in the sense of a return in ti.
Other form:Print version: Becker, Marc. Pachakutik. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011 9781442207530
Standard no.:9786612922640