[Lasa] New Book: Struggles for Local Democracy in the Andes by John Cameron

[John Cameron]

Dear Colleagues - At the risk of shameless self-promotion, some of you may be
interested in my new book, Struggles for Local Democracy in the Andes. A
description and discount offer follow below.
Best, John Cameron

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Struggles for Local Democracy in the Andes
By John Cameron

2009/365 pages
ISBN: 978-1-935049-16-6 HC $75

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"Remarkably rich and insightful.... All who wish to understand local
politics in Latin America, especially in its ethnically diverse regions, must
read this work."-Liisa North, York University

"An impressive piece of scholarship ... consistently clear and
effective."-Kent Eaton, University of California Santa Cruz

DESCRIPTION
John Cameron draws on power-based approaches to the study of
democratization as he thoughtfully explores efforts by indigenous and peasant
groups to gain control of local governments and deepen democracy in Bolivia,
Ecuador, and Peru.

Cameron addresses three fundamental questions: What factors best
explain the success or failure of local political movements in the Andes? What
forms of democracy are emerging in indigenous- and peasant-controlled
municipalities? What are the impacts of municipal democratization on the
well-being and political identities of the citizenry? As he elucidates his
results, he reminds readers that, in the midst of some of the most exclusionary
and elite-dominated systems of local government in Latin America, political
struggles for democracy are having a profound impact.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Cameron is assistant professor in the Department of
International Development Studies at Dalhousie University

CONTENTS
1. Introduction.
2. Municipal Democratization After Agrarian Reform in Guamote,
Ecuador.
3. Municipal Democratization in a Context of Structural
Inequality in Cotacachi, Ecuador.
4. The Difficult Marriage of Liberal and Indigenous Democracy in
Jésus de Machaca, Bolivia (Researched and written with Gonzalo Colque)
5. Struggles for Municipal Power Among NGOs, Peasant
Organizations, and Local Elites in Mizque, Bolivia.
6. From Clientelism to Democracy and Back in Limatambo, Peru.
7. Municipal Democratization After Political Violence in Haquira,
Peru.
8. Conclusion.

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John Cameron, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of International Development Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
B3H 4H6

Tel: (902)494-7011
Fax: (902)494-2105

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