Resistance in an Amazonian Community

Huaorani Organizing against the Global Economy
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84545-306-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarchical organizational form on a traditionally egalitarian society. This study has broad implications for those who work toward "cultural survival" or try to "save the rainforest."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ziegler-Otero, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. History and Background

Chapter 2. Onhae: Structures and Achievements

Chapter 3. Practice and Praxis: Onhae in Action

Chapter 4. Toward an Organizational Evaluation

Chapter 5. Conclusion

Works Cited

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ziegler-Otero, Lawrence
A native of Pennsylvania, Lawrence Ziegler-Otero teaches in the Department of Anthropology at SUNY Plattsburgh. After a "first career" as a trade union organizer in the United States, he became an anthroplogist in order to study political, labor and indigenous organizations. He has also lived and worked in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.