Resumen

NAJERA DE LEON, Emmanuel. Gestión política y etnicidad en el ayuntamiento de San Cristóbal de las Casas (1994-2008). Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2012, vol.7, n.13, pp.61-91. ISSN 1870-4115.

This work aims to analyze the actual participation of indigenous public officials - councilors- within the municipal administration of San Cristóbal de Las Casas.

It attempts to analyze the effective role of these public officials in the implementation of local policies, their influence on urban processes and their role and function within the municipal council of San Cristóbal de Las Casas as part of the effective system of participation in the decision-making process.

The study is circumscribed to the period from 1994 to 2008. In a first moment it presents part of the theoretical reflection around the notion of «ethnicity». It later offers a socio-historical framework of the trajectory of ethnic-indigenous demands in the urban context of San Cristóbal de Las Casas -transition in the demands, strategies and forms of negotiation. The last part describes the socio-historical construction of indigenous political participation within the logic of municipal administration. Finally, some reflections are offered.

Palabras llave : ethnicity; struggles for indigenous demands; indigenous state officials; municipal governments; policy management.

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