Roddy Brett, Ph.D. (2002) in Political Science, University of London, MPHIL (1994), University of Cambridge, is Researcher at FLACSO, Guatemala. He is an academic and practitioner in the fields of social movements, indigenous peoples' rights, human rights and political violence.

• List of AcronymsMape OneAcknowledgementIntroduction: Social Movements, Indigenous Politics and Democratisation in Guatemala, 1985-19961. Civil Society and Social Movements: Some Theoretical Considerations2. The Democratic Transition3. The Emergence of Indigenous Politics4. Demanding Human Rights in a Violent Democracy: Indigenous Participation in El Consejo de Comunidades Etnicas5. La Coordinadora Nacional Indígena y Campesina and the Indigenous Struggle for Land6. Indigenous Mobilisation in La Defensoría Maya: Indigenous Politics and the Recovery of Mayan CultureConclusionsAppendix AAppendix BCited Sources and BibliographyNewspapers and News JournalsIndex

Roddy Brett, Ph.D. (2002) in Political Science, University of London, MPHIL (1994), University of Cambridge, is Researcher at FLACSO, Guatemala. He is an academic and practitioner in the fields of social movements, indigenous peoples' rights, human rights and political violence.

• List of AcronymsMape OneAcknowledgementIntroduction: Social Movements, Indigenous Politics and Democratisation in Guatemala, 1985-19961. Civil Society and Social Movements: Some Theoretical Considerations2. The Democratic Transition3. The Emergence of Indigenous Politics4. Demanding Human Rights in a Violent Democracy: Indigenous Participation in El Consejo de Comunidades Etnicas5. La Coordinadora Nacional Indígena y Campesina and the Indigenous Struggle for Land6. Indigenous Mobilisation in La Defensoría Maya: Indigenous Politics and the Recovery of Mayan CultureConclusionsAppendix AAppendix BCited Sources and BibliographyNewspapers and News JournalsIndex

Roddy Brett, Ph.D. (2002) in Political Science, University of London, MPHIL (1994), University of Cambridge, is Researcher at FLACSO, Guatemala. He is an academic and practitioner in the fields of social movements, indigenous peoples' rights, human rights and political violence.

• List of AcronymsMape OneAcknowledgementIntroduction: Social Movements, Indigenous Politics and Democratisation in Guatemala, 1985-19961. Civil Society and Social Movements: Some Theoretical Considerations2. The Democratic Transition3. The Emergence of Indigenous Politics4. Demanding Human Rights in a Violent Democracy: Indigenous Participation in El Consejo de Comunidades Etnicas5. La Coordinadora Nacional Indígena y Campesina and the Indigenous Struggle for Land6. Indigenous Mobilisation in La Defensoría Maya: Indigenous Politics and the Recovery of Mayan CultureConclusionsAppendix AAppendix BCited Sources and BibliographyNewspapers and News JournalsIndex