La politización de la etnicidad en la región andina: Apuntes sobre un debate inconcluso

This article addresses the engagement of the social sciences with the contemporary emergence of ethnic agendas in the Andean region. It stresses the relevance of these approaches that arose both from the political economy and also from constructivist views that privilege the strategic dimension of c...

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Author: Bretón, Víctor
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repository:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/56783
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10118
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56783
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Andes
etnicidad
Movimientos sociales
Ecuador
Bolivia
Moviments socials
Equador
Bolívia
Etnicitat
Social movements
Ethnicity
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Summary:This article addresses the engagement of the social sciences with the contemporary emergence of ethnic agendas in the Andean region. It stresses the relevance of these approaches that arose both from the political economy and also from constructivist views that privilege the strategic dimension of collective identities. While discussing these issues, the paper emphasizes the need to research the circumstances that aided the politicization of ethnicity - as well as its eventual de-politicization or relative politicization - in the contexts of countries such as Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia between the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. Keywords: ethnicity, new social movements, Andes, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.