Artigo Revisado por pares

Liberal democracy and ayllu democracy in Bolivia: The case of Northern Potosí

1990; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00220389008422175

ISSN

1743-9140

Autores

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui,

Tópico(s)

Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics

Resumo

Abstract Economic and political reforms imposed on Bolivian indigenous communities (ayllus) in the name of modernisation and democracy have actually furthered long‐standing colonial forms of oppression. Both liberal reformers and nationalist revolutionaries promoted a concept of citizenship which displaced and undermined indigenous social organisation and political practice. Even in the 1980s, progressive and leftist parties, unions, and development organisations continued to marginalise the democratic internal life of the northern Potosí ayllus. Notes Andean Oral History Workshop (La Paz, Bolivia). Translation by Charles Roberts.

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