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Indigenous Parties and Democracy in Latin America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Raúl L. Madrid
Raúl L. Madrid*
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
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In recent years, important indigenous parties have emerged for the first time in Latin American history. Although some analysts view this development with trepidation, this essay argues that the indigenous parties in Latin America are unlikely to exacerbate ethnic conflict or create the kinds of problems that have been associated with some ethnic parties in other regions. To the contrary, the emergence of major indigenous parties in Latin America may actually help deepen democracy in the region. These parties will certainly improve the representativeness of the party system in the countries where they arise. They should also increase political participation and reduce party system fragmentation and electoral volatility in indigenous areas. They may even increase the acceptance of democracy and reduce political violence in countries with large indigenous populations.

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Critical Debates
Information
Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , Winter 2005 , pp. 161 - 179
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Copyright © University of Miami 2005

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