Stretching Representation? An analysis of the inclusion of ethnic groups in Latin American representative institutions.
Political Institutions, Indigenous Political Representation, Comparative Politics,
The issue of the inclusion of ethnic demands has been analyzed from different perspectives in recent years. This work seeks to break the intellectual monopoly on the explanatory keys surrounding indigenous representation in Latin America, by offering political science's own mechanisms for analyzing how the phenomenon of the inclusion of ethnic demands has taken place in some countries in the region and others that have not. In order to carry out this academic endeavor, comparative politics was used, especially the QCA as a methodological and analytical tool to understand what forms indigenous representation can take in different countries. By selecting 10 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru) we sought to investigate the causal mechanisms of indigenous representation. Despite the creation of four research variables, it is possible to affirm that the occurrence of the phenomenon in the region is associated with the consolidation and cohesiveness of social movements, but mainly with the presence of ethnic parties that activate symbols of resistance. The findings of this thesis contribute to broadening the research agenda of Latin American political science.