Erazo Juliet S. Erazo

Governing Indigenous Territories (eBook, PDF)

Enacting Sovereignty in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Produktbeschreibung

Governing Indigenous Territories illuminates a paradox of modern indigenous lives. In recent decades, native peoples from Alaska to Cameroon have sought and gained legal title to significant areas of land, not as individuals or families but as large, collective organizations. Obtaining these collective titles represents an enormous accomplishment; it also creates dramatic changes. Once an indigenous territory is legally established, other governments and organizations expect it to act as a unified political entity, making decisions on behalf of its population and managing those living within its borders. A territorial government must mediate between outsiders and a not-always-united population within a context of constantly shifting global development priorities. The people of Rukullakta, a large indigenous territory in Ecuador, have struggled to enact sovereignty since the late 1960s. Drawing broadly applicable lessons from their experiences of self-rule, Juliet S. Erazo shows how collective titling produces new expectations, obligations, and subjectivities within indigenous territories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822378921
• Artikelnr.: 54787306

Autorenporträt

Juliet S. Erazo

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps ix
Selected Acronyms xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xvii
Introduction 1
1. History, Empowerment, and Rule 27
2. Collectivist Utopias and "The Graveyard of Development Projects" 61
3. The Property Debate 97
4. Conservation and Environmental Subjects 133
5. Everyday Forms of Territory Formation 171
Conclusion. Making Citizens, Making Leaders, Making Territories 195
Appendixes 201
Notes 205
References 215
Index 227