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Land and Dignity in Paraguay analyzes the sociopolitical mobilization around land rights of the indigenous communities in this country.
Throughout Paraguay, indigenous communities have seen their lands sold to private agriculture business, in addition to being subjected to arrests, intimidation, and torture. Since the fall of Stroessner’s dictatorship in 1989, these communities have been organizing to oppose neoliberal policies, especially that of land privatization. Such mobilization nearly always coalesces around an organizing frame, and the prominence of dignity in the framing of the Paraguayan movement is clear.
Drawing on media coverage and extensive interviews with indigenous leaders, civil society leaders, and government officials, the book argues that active social mobilization developed around the dignity frame and concludes by looking at the implications for conflict resolution processes and for Paraguay’s new democracy.
A unique case study, Land and Dignity in Paraguay will interest anyone studying indigenous politics, Latin American politics, as well as issues of development and human rights.
Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction
About the Author |
Cheryl Lynn Duckworth, Cheryl Duckworth is a professor of Conflict Resolution at Nova Southeastern University. A peace-building program leader and conflict resolution policy analyst, she has served such organizations as the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy and the Center for International Education. She has lived in Zimbabwe and Paraguay, and published and presented globally on her two passions, peace education and peace economics. Currently she serves as the faculty advisor of NSU’s Peace Education Working Group. She holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
Reviews
Land and Dignity in Paraguay is an excellent and unusual book. It is not only a well written account of the rich case of indigenous communities survival; it is a well-crafted conflict resolution analysis of dynamical processes that shaped a nation and a continent. The rise of indigenous movements is one of the greatest continental innovation of the last decades. This book offers a clear and hopeful understanding of how dignity provided the conceptual framework for such historical transformations. The conflict resolution field is made stronger by contributions such as this - Dr. Andrea Bartoli, Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University
