Rodolfo Stavenhagen [Mexico]: Pioneer on the Rights of Indigenous People. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice No. 2 – presented by Úrsula Oswald Spring (Heidelberg – Dordrecht – London – New York: Springer-Verlag, 2013).

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34150-2

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On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, a distinguished Mexican sociologist and professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico, Úrsula Oswald Spring (UNAM/CRIM, Mexico) introduces him as a Pioneer on Indigenous Rights due to his research on human rights issues, especially when he served as United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. First, in a retrospective Stavenhagen reviews his scientific and political work for the rights of indigenous people. Seven classic texts by Stavenhagen address Seven Fallacies about Latin America (1965); Decolonializing Applied Social Sciences (1971); Ethnodevelopment: A Neglected Dimension in Development Thinking (1986); Human Rights and Wrongs: A Place for Anthropologists? (1998); Indigenous Peoples and the State in Latin America: An Ongoing Debate (2000); Building Intercultural Citizenship through Education: A Human Rights Approach (2006); Making the Declaration Work (2006). This volume discusses the emergence of indigenous peoples as new social and political actors at national level in many countries, as well as on the international scene.

Contents: Preface by Úrsula Oswald Spring on: Rodolfo Stavenhagen: Pioneer on Indigenous Rights Part I: On Rodolfo Stavenhagen: 1. Rights of Indigenous People: A Personal Retrospective; 2. The Author’s Relevant Papers: A Selective Bibliography
Part II: Key Texts by Rodolfo Stavenhagen: 3. Seven Fallacies about Latin America; 4. Decolonializing Applied Social Sciences; 5. Ethnodevelopment: a Neglected Dimension in Development Thinking; 6. Human Rights and Wrongs: A Place for Anthropologists?; 7. Indigenous Peoples and the State in Latin America: An Ongoing Debate; 8. Building Intercultural Citizenship through Education: A Human Rights Approach; 9. Making the Declaration Work

Rodolfo Stavenhagen [Mexico]: The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples. Springer Briefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol. 3, Subseries with Texts and Protocols, vol. 1 (Heidelberg – New York – Dordrecht – London: Springer-Verlag, 2013).

ISBN (Print): 978-3-642-34143-4
ISBN (Online/eBook): 978-3-642-34144-1
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34144-1

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This is the second volume published in the Springer Briefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, a distinguished Mexican sociologist and professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico. Rodolfo Stavenhagen wrote this collection of six essays on The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples between 1965 and 2009. These widely discussed classic texts discuss: Classes, Colonialism and Acculturation (1965); Indigenous Peoples: An Introduction (2009); The Return of the Native: The Indigenous Challenge in Latin America (2002); Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective (2004); Mexico’s Unfinished Symphony: The Zapatista Movement (2000); Struggle and Resistance: Mexico’s Indians in Transition (2006). This volume discusses the emergence of indigenous peoples as new social and political actors at the national and international level. These texts deal with human rights, especially during the years the author served as United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.

Contents: Introduction; 2. Classes, Colonialism and Acculturation; 3. Indigenous Peoples: An Introduction; 4. The Return of the Native: the Indigenous Challenge in Latin America; 5. Indigenous Peoples in Comparative Perspective; 6. Mexico’s Unfinished Symphony: The Zapatista Movement; 7. Struggle and Resistance: Mexico’s Indians in Transition; On the Stavenhagen Collection

Rodolfo Stavenhagen [Mexico]: Peasants, Culture and Indigenous Peoples: Critical Issues. Springer Briefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol. 4, Subseries with Texts and Protocols, vol. 2 (Heidelberg – New York – Dordrecht – London: Springer-Verlag, 2013).

ISBN (Print): 978-3-642-34152-6
ISBN (Online/eBook): 978-3-642-34153-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34153-3

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This third volume published on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rodolfo Stavenhagen, professor emeritus of El Colegio de Mexico, includes eight essays on Peasants, Culture and Indigenous Peoples: Critical Issues that discuss: Basic Needs, Peasants and the Strategy for Rural Development (1976); Cultural Rights: a Social Science Perspective (1998); The Structure of Injustice: Poverty, Marginality, Exclusion and Human Rights (2000); What Kind of Yarn? From Color Line to Multicolored Hammock: Reflections on Racism and Public Policy (2001); The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2012); A Report on the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Asia (2007); Report on the Impact of Megaprojects on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2003); Study Regarding the Best Practices to Implement the Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur (2007). These texts address human rights issues, especially those that arose when Stavenhagen was serving as United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples.

Contents: 1. Introduction ; 2. Basic Needs, Peasants and the Strategy for Rural Development; 3. Cultural Rights: A Social Science Perspective; 4. The Structure of Injustice: Poverty, Marginality, Exclusion and Human Rights; 5. What Kind of Yarn? From Color Line to Multicolored Hammock: Reflections on Racism and Public Policy; 6. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 7. A Report on the Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Asia; 8. Report on the Impact of Megaprojects on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 9. Study Regarding the Best Practices to Implement the Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur

Rodolfo Stavenhagen (29 August 1932 – 5 November 2016) was a Mexican anthropologist and sociologist. He is professor emeritus at El Colegio de México, one of Mexico’s foremost social science institutions. From 2001 to 2008 he was United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Before that he was Assistant Director-General for Social Sciences at UNESCO, President of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, and taught at numerous universities in Europe and the Americas. The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague awarded him an Honorary Fellowship in 1982. He has worked on human rights, indigenous peoples, agrarian problems, social development and ethnic conflicts. Among his principal publications are Social Classes in Agrarian Societies (1975), Ethnic Conflicts and the Nation-State (1995), The Ethnic Question: Development, Conflicts and Human Rights (1990), Derechos humanos y derecho indígena en América Latina (1989), and Los pueblos indígens y sus derechos (2008).