Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement

<div> <p>The mobilization of militant indigenous politics is one of the most important stories in Latin American studies today. In this critical work Kenneth J. Mijeski and Scott H. Beck examine the rise and decline of Ecuador's leading indigenous party Pachakutik as it tried to transform the state into a participative democracy.</p> <p>Using in-depth interviews with political activists as well as a powerful statistical analysis of election results the authors show that the political election game failed to advance the causes of Ecuador's poor or the movement's own indigenous supporters. <i>Pachakutik and the Rise and Decline of the Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement</i> is an extraordinarily valuable case study of Ecuador's indigenous movement and the challenges it still faces.</p> </div>