Essays about: "Mapuche"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Mapuche.

  1. 1. The Impact of Water Privatisation on the Indigenous Mapuche in the South of Chile. A Qualitative Content Analysis from a Human Rights Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anna-Lena Wissmüller; [2021-09-27]
    Keywords : Chile; water privatisation; neo-liberalism; indigenous communities; Mapuche; human rights;

    Abstract : This study aimed to investigate the impacts of water privatisation on Mapuche communities in the South of Chile. The effects and the resulting demands and actions were examined from a human rights perspective. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Mapuche conflict : A critical discourse analysis on how the discourse between the Chilean government and the Mapuches has changed from 1970-2010

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriel Eriksson Flores; [2017]
    Keywords : Mapuche; Chile; Chilean Government; critical discourse analysis; the Mapuche Conflict; discourse;

    Abstract : The issue of the Mapuches conflict has received different reactions from stakeholders and most important, government in the countries where they exist. This issue has gained much attention in Chile, where the Mapuche form the largest ratio of the indigenous group. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Alternative Mapuche Perspective : Comparing Leaders with the Rural Non-politically Involved

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marcus Olsson; Jonas Borgelin; [2015]
    Keywords : Non-politically involved Mapuche; Mapuche leaders; Grievances; Cohesion; Mobilization;

    Abstract : Chile is portrayed as a Latin American success story when it comes to democratic transition, development and fiscal growth. However, the largest indigenous group, the Mapuche, have been marginalized by the government and its policies, as a conflict has been present ever since the independence. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Indigenous People of Chile and the Application of the Anti-terrorist Law : A case study of the land-conflict in Araucanía, Southern Chile

    University essay from Statsvetenskap; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Pernilla Stamm'ler Jaliff; [2013]
    Keywords : Mapuche; Indigenous people’s rights; Chile; Anti-terrorist law; International law; Terrorism; World System Theory;

    Abstract : This study examines the conflict between indigenous rights and the exploitation of land in Chile. The conflict is displayed through a public discourse about the recognition of the indigenous people on the one hand, and the application of the anti-terrorist law against the indigenous people on the other. READ MORE

  6. 5. Up-Rising Out of Poverty: The Role of Self-Determination, Political Attitudes and Legitimacy in the Mapuche Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Karen Malmqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : Chile; Mapuche; worldview; post colonialism; neoliberal multiculturalism; Self-determination; political attitudes; capitalistic; hegemony; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Chile is often portrayed as the paradigmatic case of a smooth transition from dictatorship to democracy, sustained by high rates of economic growth. This picture conceals a more complex reality of social conflict provoked by political reform that favors capitalistic advancement at the expense of resource exploitation and the continual and irreversible reduction and destruction of Mapuche land. READ MORE