International and Global Studies Honor Thesis Presentation: Understanding the implementation of Indigenous Rights under Extractive Nation States
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Authors
Hamann, Elena
Issue Date
2024-04-26
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Scholarship Sewanee 2024 , University of the South , Indigenous Peoples , Indigenous Rights , Latin America , Extractivism , Neo-Extractivism , Nation States , Hegemony , Bolivia , Ecuador
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Abstract
Indigenous peoples in Latin America comprise around 45% of the region’s population, and yet very few countries have encoded indigenous political rights into their constitutions (ECLAC, n.d.). Recent political trends have seen the rise of indigenous social movements in the region articulating sociopolitical demands based on international rights frameworks such as the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Bolivia and Ecuador are studied for this analysis as two cases of countries that recently underwent progressive constitutional reform that codified many popular rights demands into law. However, there is a serious implementation gap between rights written and rights in practice. I argue that this gap has three key central causes: (i) the economic dependence of national governments on extractive industries, (ii) the threat posed by indigenous autonomy projects to the hegemonic nation state structure, and (iii) variable regionally present political factors. This comparative analysis of Bolivia and Ecuador serves as a case study for the state of indigenous rights in Latin America in the context of hegemonic nation states and extractivist export oriented economies.
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University of the South