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Rural Chiapas Ten Years after the Zapatista Uprising book cover

1st Edition

Rural Chiapas Ten Years after the Zapatista Uprising

Edited By Sarah Washbrook Copyright 2006
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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Considered the most significant recent agrarian movement in Mexico, the 1994 EZLN uprising by the indigenous peasantry of Chiapas attracted world attention. Timed to coincide with the signing of the NAFTA agreement, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation reasserted the value of indigenous culture and opposed the spread of neo-liberalism associated with globalization. The essays in this... Read more

1. Acknowledgements  2. Composite Glossary and Acronyms  3. Introduction – The Chiapas Uprising of 1994: Historical Antecedents and Political Consequences  4. The Zapatista Rebellion in the Context of Globalization  5. From Revolution to Transition: The Chiapas Rebellion and the Path to Democracy in Mexico  6. Indigenismo, Indianismo and ‘Ethnic Citizenship’ in Chiapas  7. Rural Chiapas Ten Years after the Armed Uprising of 1994  8. Land Reform, the State and the Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas  9. The Formation, Structure and Organisation of the ‘Armed Community in Rebellion’: The Construction of Neo-Zapatismo in the Tojolab’al Cañadas (1988-1996)  10. Subordination and Rebellion: Indigenous Women in Chiapas Ten Years after the Zapatista Uprising  11. Suffering for Justice in Chiapas: Religion and the Globalization of Ethnic Identity  12. Who Needs Zapatismo? State Interventions and Local Responses in Marqués de Comillas  13. Neoliberalism and the Rise of (Peasant) Nations within the Nation: Chiapas in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective  14. Abstracts

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