Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research

Abstract: Within the realm of comparative politics, ethnicity has been conceptualized as both a fixed category in which individuals are born, as well as one of multiple identities that can be made politically salient by different actors. The latter perspective corresponds to instrumental and constru...

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Autor principal: Thomson,Catarina P.
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Publicado: Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-376920180001000632018-05-23Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements researchThomson,Catarina P. Ethnicity Instrumentalism Constructivism Latin America Research Design Abstract: Within the realm of comparative politics, ethnicity has been conceptualized as both a fixed category in which individuals are born, as well as one of multiple identities that can be made politically salient by different actors. The latter perspective corresponds to instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity that seeks first and fore most to answer the question: ‘Under which circumstances will ethnicity activate and affect citizens’ political behavior?’ Since the 1990s, Latin American social movements began to ‘play the ethnic card’, which culminated with the first indigenous candidate ever, to win a presidential election in the region in 2005. Applying research designs based on instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity could significantly advance the study of Latin American social movements.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de ChileEstudios internacionales (Santiago) v.50 n.189 20182018-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-37692018000100063en10.5354/0719-3769.2018.49050
institution Scielo Chile
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language English
topic Ethnicity
Instrumentalism
Constructivism
Latin America
Research Design
spellingShingle Ethnicity
Instrumentalism
Constructivism
Latin America
Research Design
Thomson,Catarina P.
Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
description Abstract: Within the realm of comparative politics, ethnicity has been conceptualized as both a fixed category in which individuals are born, as well as one of multiple identities that can be made politically salient by different actors. The latter perspective corresponds to instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity that seeks first and fore most to answer the question: ‘Under which circumstances will ethnicity activate and affect citizens’ political behavior?’ Since the 1990s, Latin American social movements began to ‘play the ethnic card’, which culminated with the first indigenous candidate ever, to win a presidential election in the region in 2005. Applying research designs based on instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity could significantly advance the study of Latin American social movements.
author Thomson,Catarina P.
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author_sort Thomson,Catarina P.
title Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
title_short Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
title_full Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
title_fullStr Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
title_full_unstemmed Instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for Latin American social movements research
title_sort instrumental and constructivist conceptualizations of ethnicity: implications for latin american social movements research
publisher Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
publishDate 2018
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