Latin America's Multicultural Movements

Todd A. Eisenstadt is Professor and former Chair of the Government Department at American University. He is author of Politics, Identity and Mexico's Indigenous Rights Movements, which received the 2012 Van Cott Prize from the Latin American Studies Association for best book in Latin American Political Institutions.Michael S. Danielson is a comparative politics PhD candidate at American University.Moises Jaime Bailón Corres is a former advisor to the Controller General of Oaxaca, in the Secretariat of Government of the Republic, and was a member of the Oaxaca State Congress from 1995 to 1998. As a state congressman, he served as President of the Commission on Indigenous Affairs.Carlos Sorroza Polo is Research Professor at the Institute of Sociological Research of Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca.

• Introduction: Reconciling Liberal Pluralism and Group Rights: A Comparative Perspective on the "Oaxaca Experiment" in Multiculturalism - Todd A. Eisenstadt ; 1) Ambivalent Multiculturalisms: Perversity, Futility and Jeopardy in Latin America - Jose Antonio Lucero ; 2) Constitutional Multiculturalism in Chiapas and Beyond: Hollow Reforms to Nullify Autonomy Rights - Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor (translated by Drew McKelvey). ; MULTICULTURAL AND AUTONOMY MOVEMENTS IN THE ANDES ; 3) Uses of Autonomy: The Evolution of Multicultural Discourse in Bolivian Politics - Erik Cooke ; 4) Bolivia's New Multicultural Constitution: The 2009 Constitution in Historical and Comparative Perspective - Miguel Centellas ; 5) The Crisis of the Indigenous Movement and the Ambiguities in Indigenous Rights in Ecuador in the 21st Century - Carmen Martinez Novo ; MULTICULTURAL AND AUTONOMY MOVEMENTS IN OAXACA, MEXICO ; 6) What We Need are New Customs: Multiculturality, Autonomy and Citizenship in Mexico and the Lessons of Oaxaca - Victor Leonel Juan Martinez (translated by Michael S. Danielson) ; 7) Political Subsystems in Oaxaca's Usos y Costumbres Municipalities: An Analysis of the Civil-Religious Service Background of Mayors - Carlos Sorroza Polo and Michael S. Danielson (translated by Drew McKelvy) ; 8) Community Strength and Customary Law: Explaining Migrant Participation in Indigenous Oaxaca - Michael S. Danielson ; THE STATE AND MULTICULTURAL RIGHTS: ENABLER OR MENACE? ; 9) Multicultural Reforms for Mexico's 'Tranquil' Indians in Yucatan - Shannan Mattiace ; 10) Balancing Tensions Between Communitarian and Individual Rights and the Challenges These Present for Multicultural States - Todd Eisenstadt and Willibald Sonnleitner

This book offers an insightful analysis of recent reforms in Latin America that have expanded the state's recognition of multicultural rights, customary law and indigenous autonomy. While these reforms are often studied in isolation, the editors adopt a more ambitious research design, bringing together scholars who have examined similar reforms in the two different parts of Latin America where multicultural policies have gone the furthest: Mexico and the Central Andes. Based on original research at the sub-municipal, municipal and national levels in these two regions, the volume offers compelling answers to some of the most important questions posed by multicultural reforms.