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  1. 1. Indigenous people in transnationational mobilizations against the Free Trade Area of the Americas - a case study of the indigenous movement CONAIE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Malin Beijer; [2006]
    Keywords : CONAIE; FTAA; indigenous people; social movement; transnational activism; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The initiative to unite the economies of the Americas into a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is increasingly threatening the survival of the indigenous people making them coalesce into transnational coalitions with people throughout the region. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the threats posed by the proposed FTAA and the opportunities of transnational activism opposing it has influenced the movement identity of an indigenous social movement. READ MORE