Conservation and democratization constituting citizenship in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
How does environmental protection intersect with processes of democratization in LatinAmerica? This paper examines this question with a case study in Guatemala centered on theMaya Biosphere Reserve. In particular, I explore how individuals and collectives-who aredifferently situated socially, politically, and geographically-conceptualize and negotiate thelinkages between conservation and democratization in Guatemala. Drawing upon interviewswith key players as well as my ethnographic research on the daily practices of conservationin the reserve, I suggest that democratization and environmental protection in Guatemala inter-sect in uneasy and paradoxical ways. At the heart of these contradictions lay historical patternsof exclusion that restrict who counts as a political actor, (environmental) decision-maker, andtherefore citizen.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Movimiento ecologista, Participación social, Protección del medio ambiente, Democracia, Artfrosur, |
| Online Access: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629803000763 |
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