The challenge of diversity : indigenous peoples and reform of the State in Latin America / edited by Willem Assies, Gemma van der Haar and André J. Hoekema.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Indigenous peoples and reform of the State in Latin America / Willem Assies -- Indigenous rights and Latin American multiculturalism: lessons from the Guatemalan peace process / Roger Plant -- Pathways of reform -- Ethnic politics and State reform in Ecuador / Maria Fernanda Espinosa -- Debate concerning indigenous rights in Mexico / Moisés Franco Mendoza -- Indigenous peoples, the law of popular participation and changes in government: Bolivia, 1994-1998 / Ricardo Calla -- Dances of identity: state policies and processes of ethnogenesis -- From "mixed Indians" to "indigenous remainders": strategies of ethnocide and ethnogenesis in northeastern Brazil / José Maurício Andion Arruti -- Titling collective lands of the black communities in Colombia, between innovation and tradition / Odile Hoffmann / Reconstruction of the Purhépecha nation and the process of autonomy in Michoacán, Mexico / José Eduardo Zárate Hernández -- "Usos y Costumbres" in local government -- Local government and State formation in nineteenth century Mexico: the case of San Pablo Apetatitlán, Tlaxcala / Yvette Nelen -- Frontiers of municipal governability in Oaxaca, Mexico: the legal recognition of usos y costumbres in the election of indigenous authorities / María Cristina Velásquez Cepeda -- Municipalization and indigenous peoples in Bolivia: impacts and perspectives / René Orellana Halkyer -- Indigenous justice and state law -- Constitutional recognition of indigenous law in Andean countries / Raquel Yrigoyen Fajardo -- Tutela-system as a means of transforming the relations between the State and the indigenous peoples of Colombia / Esther Sánchez Botero Lands, resources and territories -- Managing resources: between autonomy and partnership / André J. Hoekema and Willem Assies -- State and indigenous lands in the autonomous regions of Nicaragua: the case of the Mayagna community of Awas Tingni / María Luisa Acosta -- Territorial rights and indigenous law: an alternative approach / Patricia Urteaga Crovetto -- Conclusion -- Diversity as a challenge: a note on the dilemmas of diversity / Willem Assies, Gemma van der Haar and André J. Hoekema.

"This book deals with the effort to transform the homogeneous, remote and uniform State into one which acknowledges the heterogeneity of Latin American society, provides structures and channels for the participation of the most marginalized groups, and rec"--Publisher description.

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