Race, class and national identity in black Ecuador: Afro-Ecuadorians and the struggle for human rights, 1997
Dixon, David
1970-1979
This study analyzed the social predicament of Ecuadors black population. The main objectives of the dissertation were to explain the low social status of Afro-Ecuadorians from a political economy perspective; to analyze the concept of race and Minority Rights as an aspect of human rights; and to focus the debate on the Republic of Ecuadors human rights policy regarding its black population. In this methodology, political economy, race analysis and minority rights theory were developed. It was argued that in black Ecuador slavery, concertaje, mestizaje, racial democracy, dependency underdevelopment and white supremacy, as developed in the Ecuadorian context, have severely limited the social mobility of Afro-Ecuadorians. The researcher concluded that developments in the political economy of Ecuador since the abolition of slavery have brought little change for the Afro-Ecuadorian population. This process of socio-economic exclusion is based on a deliberate policy that excludes Afro-Ecuadorians from civil society.
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1997-04-01
dissertation
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Clark Atlanta University
Political Science
Martin, Guy Boone, William H. Vanden, Harry
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_dixon_david