Contesting Citizenship In Latin America: The Ri... May 2026

: The shift to neoliberalism unintentionally challenged their local autonomy, giving them a reason to fight back.

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According to Deborah Yashar , this village—and real movements in countries like and Bolivia —succeeded because of three specific things: These movements are now posing a

The story doesn't end with a protest. These movements are now posing a . They are asking the state: "Can you be a democracy if you only recognize individuals, or must you also recognize our collective rights and autonomy as indigenous peoples?" . In contrast, villages in places like might have

: A "crack" in the state’s control allowed them the freedom to gather and form significant political organizations without being immediately crushed.

In contrast, villages in places like might have had the same grievances, but they lacked the strong social networks or the political space to turn their frustration into a national movement. The "Postliberal Challenge"