Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy (eBook)

The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua

Luciano Baracco (Herausgeber)

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2018
246 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5882-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses indigenous peoples’ claims to autonomy and self-determination with a focus on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. It demonstrates the tensions between nation states and indigenous peoples seeking to realize these rights and offers important lessons for similar projects across Latin America.

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Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua offers a broad and comprehensive analysis of Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast and the process of autonomy that was initiated in 1987 as part of a wider conflict resolution process during the years of the Sandinista revolution and has continued through to the present day. Over its 30 year period of development, the autonomy process on Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast can be seen as a crucible for the autonomous struggles of minority peoples throughout the Latin American continent. Autonomy on Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast remains highly contested, being simultaneously characterized by progress, setbacks, and violent confrontation within a number of fields and involving a multiplicity of local, national, and global actors. This experience offers critical lessons for efforts around the world that seek to resolve long-established and deep-seated ethnic conflict by attempting to reconcile the need for development, usually fostered by national governments through neo-extractivist policies, with the protection of minority rights advocated by marginalized minorities living within nation states and, increasingly, by intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations and the Organization of American States. This book presents analyses that reveal the broad implications for the struggle for autonomy on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, conducted by scholars with expertise in an array of disciplines including sociology, globalization theory, anthropology, history, socio-linguistics, cultural and postcolonial studies, gender studies, and political science.

Autor

Luciano Baracco is associate professor in political science and international relations at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Indigenous Struggles for Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of NicaraguaLuciano BaraccoChapter 2. From the Kingdom of Mosquitia to the Mosquito Reservation: The Demise of British Imperialism on the Mosquito Coast and the Challenge of Nicaraguan Nation-BuildingLuciano BaraccoChapter 3. The Company Times: Neocolonialism and Ethnic Relations on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast in the Twentieth CenturyEric Rodrigo MeringerChapter 4. The Sandinista Revolution and the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: Revolution, Counter-Revolution, and Indigenous Struggles for AutonomyLuciano BaraccoChapter 5. Leasing Communal Lands…In “Perpetuity”: Post-Titling Scenarios on the Caribbean Coast of NicaraguaMiguel GonzálezChapter 6. Negotiating Consultation: The Duty to Consult and Contestation of Autonomy in Nicaragua’s Rama-Kriol TerritoryJoshua L. MayerChapter 7. Autonomy in the Caribbean Coast: Neoliberalism, Landless Peasants and the Resurgence of Ethnic ConflictGovand Khalid Azeez and Alejandra Gaitán-BarreraChapter 8. Strong Women: Memories of Miskitu Women forging Peace and AutonomyDolores Figueroa Romero and Arelly BarbeytoChapter 9. Cocaine Money, Cement Houses, and New Residential Arrangements in a Coastal Miskitu VillageMark JamiesonChapter 10. The Role of Autonomy in the Revitalization of the Languages of Nicaragua’s Caribbean CoastJane Freeland and Colette GrinevaldIndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.11.2018
• Co-Autor: Govand Khalid Azeez, Eric Rodrigo Meringer, Dolores Figueroa Romero, Luciano Baracco, Arelly Barbeyto, Jane Freeland, Alejandra Gaitan-Barrera, Miguel Gonzalez, Colette Grinevald, Mark Jamieson, Joshua L. Mayer
• Zusatzinfo: 7 Illustrations including: - 4 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 3 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Athropology • Caribbean Coast • Demarcation of Indigenous Territories • Indigenous Autonomy • Inter-oceanic canal project • Miskitu • Nicaragua • Plurilingual Education • Sandanistas • Sociology • Sumu-Mayangna • YATAMA
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5882-8 / 1498558828
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5882-2 / 9781498558822