Abstract

TUAZA, Luis. THE SUNSET OF INDIGENOUS CITIZENSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY ECUADOR. Revista Chakiñan [online]. 2020, n.10, pp.12-24. ISSN 2550-6722.  https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.10.01.

This article analyzes the causes and consequences of decay of the indigenous citizenship in contemporary Ecuador, in contrast to the experiences of citizen exercise undertaken by indigenous people, before the 2008 constitution, from the ethnographic and literature academic criticism of the government's interrelation with the indigenous population. The study concludes that the organizational decay of the indigenous movement and the influence of a government conceived in the logic of traditional power (good employer, philanthropist and pastor) from the financial regime, allow the disappearance of the notion of rights, and make democracy lose its meaning. It is also pointed out that during this situation indigenous people are used again by those who exercise positions of public representation, with no rights or political prominence.

Keywords : Indigenous movement; intercultural citizenship; public policies.

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