Indigenous peoples in Latin America
Subtitle: the quest for self-determination
By: Hector Díaz Polanco ; translated by Lucia Rayas.
Series: Latin American perspectives series ;; no. 8
Publisher: Westview Press; WestviewPress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Indians -- Government relations; Indians -- Politics and government; Autonomy; Pluralism (Social sciences); Latin America -- Politics and government
Description: "An important book first for its critical history of indigenista policies in Latin America and the limits these policies placed on social autonomy; and second for its examination of the development of indigenous autonomy, particularly in Nicaragua. Argues that autonomy is no panacea; rather, it is one possibility given current social, economic, and political processes"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.