Peoples of the Earth Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in 'Latin' America

Peoples of the Earth employs a comparative history of ethnonationalism to examine Indian activism and its challenges to the political, social, and economic status quo in the countries of Central and South America. It explores the interest between problems of democratic empowerment and security arising from the reemergence of dormant forms of ethnic militancy and unprecedented internal challenges to nation-states. This work challenges policymakers to broaden the debate on issues of political and economic empowerment and regional security concerning Native peoples, to include consideration of new protections for both land right and the environment. Book jacket.

Martin Edwin Andersen, a former special correspondent for Newsweek and the Washington Post in Latin America, is the author of two critically acclaimed books on Argentine history. The vice president of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies (MALAS), in 2009 he served as a lead consultant to the Organization of American States on indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere.