Towards a Mexican Indigenous Party? A Study of Ethnic Party Formation and Indigenous Mobilization in 20th Century Mexico
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- Abstract
- In absolute numbers, Mexico is the country in the Western Hemisphere with the largest number of Indigenous peoples. Depending on the definition used, between ten and slightly more than twenty percent of Mexico, a nation of nearly 120 million, is Indigenous. At the same time, Mexico’s Indigenous population has historically been among the most marginalized of the country’s citizens. More than seventy percent live in poverty while also facing persistent discrimination in a nation that has historically lionized its Indigenous roots while neglecting the needs of its contemporary Indigenous population. Despite these factors, Indigenous movements and organizations in Mexico have never coalesced to form a cohesive, viable, national-level Indigenous movement, nor an ethnic political party organized around Indigenous identity and issues. This paper will explore the question of why this has been the case. This paper assesses the question through a comparative approach that considers the theory of ethnic party formation and the factors that allowed such parties to form in other Latin American countries. It then explores the nature of the relationship between Indigenous groups and the federal government in Mexico, how that relationship evolved over the last century, and how institutional and organizational factors affected the relationship and the organization of Indigenous groups themselves. It also discusses whether, given that Mexico’s Indigenous population has not thus far organized into an ethnic political party, whether this is something that should happen.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | June 2018 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Cervantes Ramirez, Ana Karen |
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| Primary advisor | Frank, Zephyr |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Center for Latin American Studies |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford Center for Latin American Studies |
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| Subject | Latin American Studies |
| Subject | Mexico |
| Subject | Indigenous issues |
| Subject | ethnic parties |
| Subject | Indigenous mobilization |
| Subject | 20th Century Mexico |
| Genre | Thesis |
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Cervantes Ramirez, Ana Karen (2018). Towards a Mexican Indigenous Party?
A Study of Ethnic Party Formation and Indigenous Mobilization in 20th Century Mexico. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/qp568jj1282
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