Table of Contents
Indigenous peoples and democracy: issues for policymakers / Donna Lee Van Cott -- Acting globally: Indian rights and international politics in Latin America / Alison Brysk -- And from Kataristas to MNRistas? the surprising and bold alliance between Aymaras and Neoliberals in Bolivia / Xavier Albâo -- The indigenous movement in Colombia / Jesâus Avirama and Rayda Mâarquez -- The indigenous population and the construction of democracy in Peru / Marâia Isabel Remy -- The politics of culture: indigenous peoples and the state in Ecuador / Melina H. Selverston -- A report on the political status of the Guatemalan Maya / Richard N. Adams -- Mexico: indigenous peoples and the Nation-State / Julio C. Tresierra -- On Brazil and its Indians / Carlos Frederico Marâes de Souza, Jr. -- Indigenous peoples in Paraguay / Esther Prieto.