Internal Colonialism and International Relations

Tracks of Decolonization in Bolivia
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-26087-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Worlding Beyond the West

This book investigates decolonization as a local process and its connections to international relations, introducing "internal colonialism" as a crucial analytical category for internationalists. Using Bolivia as a case study, the author argues that the reshaping of colonialism and its resistance domestically is also reflected and reproduced abroad by political actors, be they the governments or indigenous movements.

By problematizing postcolonial debate concerning the constitution/reproduction of colonial logics in International Relations, the book proposes a return to the local to show how power relations are exercised concretely by the protagonists of political process. Such dynamics reveal the interrelationship between the local and the international, especially, in which the latter represents a necessary dimension to both reinforce colonialism and oppose colonial logics.

Of interest to scholars and students of IR, Latin American and Andean Studies, this book will also appeal to those working in the fields of area studies, anthropology, indigenous politics, comparative politics, decolonization and political ecology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teixeira Delgado, Ana Carolina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Tracks of Decolonization: An Introduction 2. The Decolonial Process in Perspective: Mapping the Theoretical Debate 3. Narratives on Suma Qamaña/Living Well: Between Modes of Life and Power Disputes 4. The TIPNIS Case and the Deconstruction of the Indigenous Myth 5. Decolonization, Internal Colonialism and International Relations: Considerations on the Bolivian Case

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Carolina Teixeira Delgado is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in the International Relations Department of the Federal University of Latin America Integration (UNILA, Brazil). She holds a PhD from the International Relations Institute of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio, Brazil). She has been investigating social movements for over ten years.