Shifting leadership legitimation : from heredity to election among the Kali'na (French Guiana) / Gérard Collomb. Variabilities of indigenous leadership : Asháninka notions of headship in Peru's Selva Central / Hanne Veber -- The rise of the egalityrant (egalitarian tyrant) in Peruvian Amazonia : headpeople in the time of the Comunidad Nativa / Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti -- Guarani cosmopolitics in the world of paper / Valéria Macedo -- The young Kaypó Movement (Movimento Mebengokre Nyre) among the Mentuktire Kayapó / Terence Turner -- "All together" : leadership and community among the Asháninka (Brazilian Amazon) / José Pimenta -- Leadership in movement : indigenous political participation in the Peruvian Amazon / Jean-Pierre Chaumeil -- Gender and political leadership : indigenous women organizations in the Peruvian Amazon region / Oscar Espinosa -- "The Colonos come in like termites to take our land" : a study of indigenous leadership, women representatives and conflict in the Bolivian Amazon / Esther López -- "All this is part of my movement" : Amazonian indigenous ways of incorporating knowledge in urban politics / Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen -- Shifting leadership legitimation : from heredity to election among the Kali'na (French Guiana) / Gérard Collomb.
Summary:
"Discusses contemporary forms of leadership in Amazonian indigenous groups. Examines the creation of indigenous leaders as political subjects in the context of contemporary state policies of democratization and exploitation of natural resources, and addresses issues of resilience and adaptation at the level of local community politics"--Provided by publisher.
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