The Crisis Of Multiculturalism In Latin America (studies Of The Americas)
by David Lehmann /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book presents a challenging view of the adoption and
co-option of multiculturalism in Latin America from six scholars
with extensive experience of grassroots movements and
intellectual debates. It raises serious questions of theory,
method, and interpretation for both social scientists and
policymakers on the basis of cases in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
Bolivia, and Ecuador. Multicultural policies have enabled people
to recover the land of their ancestors, administer justice in
accordance with their traditions, provide recognition as full
citizens of the nation, and promote affirmative action to enable
them to take the place in society which is theirs by right. The
message of this book is that while the multicultural response has
done much to raise the symbolic recognition of indigenous and
Afro-descendant peoples nationally and internationally, its
application calls for a profound reappraisal in spheres such as
land, gender, institutional design, and equal opportunities.
Written by scholars with long-term and in-depth engagement in
Latin America, the chapters show that multicultural theories and
policies, which assume racial and cultural boundaries to be
clear-cut, overlook the pervasive reality of racial and cultural
mixture and place excessive confidence in identity politics.
This book presents a challenging view of the adoption and
co-option of multiculturalism in Latin America from six scholars
with extensive experience of grassroots movements and
intellectual debates. It raises serious questions of theory,
method, and interpretation for both social scientists and
policymakers on the basis of cases in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
Bolivia, and Ecuador. Multicultural policies have enabled people
to recover the land of their ancestors, administer justice in
accordance with their traditions, provide recognition as full
citizens of the nation, and promote affirmative action to enable
them to take the place in society which is theirs by right. The
message of this book is that while the multicultural response has
done much to raise the symbolic recognition of indigenous and
Afro-descendant peoples nationally and internationally, its
application calls for a profound reappraisal in spheres such as
land, gender, institutional design, and equal opportunities.
Written by scholars with long-term and in-depth engagement in
Latin America, the chapters show that multicultural theories and
policies, which assume racial and cultural boundaries to be
clear-cut, overlook the pervasive reality of racial and cultural
mixture and place excessive confidence in identity politics.
