The Friendly Liquidation of the Past: The Politics of Diversity in Latin America (Pitt Latin American Studies) [Paperback]

Donna Lee Van Cott (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pitt Latin American Studies | Publication Date: March 9, 2000

Based on interviews with more than 100 participants, Van Cott demonstrates how social issues were placed on the constitutional reform agenda and transformed into the nation’s highest law. She follows each reform for five years to assess early results of what she calls an emerging model of multicultural constitutionalism.

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Review

"A sophisticated analysis of the push to recognize indigenous rights in Bolivia and Colombia . . . Placing her analysis in a broad comparative framework, Van Cott makes clear that these issues resonate profoundly wherever the traditional model of a culturally homogenous nation-state is under challenge." 
--Foreign Affairs

About the Author

Donna Lee Van Cott is assistant professor of political science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was previously director of the project on indigenous peoples at the Inter-American Dialogue, where she edited a volume of essays, Indigenous Peoples and Democracy in Latin America. The dissertation upon which this book is based won Georgetown University's Harold N. Glassman award for the best dissertation in the social sciences. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press; 1 edition (March 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822957299
• ISBN-13: 978-0822957294
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,077,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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