Minderheitenrechte und Interessenvermittlung

(How) Do autonomy and consultation rights foster indigenous self-determination? The book presents answers to this question, with its author proposing a comparative, methodologically innovative approach that takes particular account of the (often informal) patterns of interaction between indigenous groups and other stakeholders and examines them with network-analytical methods. By combining process tracing for within-case analyses of decision-making processes on infrastructure and extractive projects in Colombia, Panama and Chile with a cross-case analysis, the author demonstrates both causal mechanisms and causal patterns, and shows that indigenous rights are less decisive than expected. Instead, the book stresses the relevance of actor-specific and interaction-based conditions for safeguarding indigenous self-determination. In this respect, formalised internal modes of action and mobilisation resources of indigenous organisations are vital, as are prior interactions with public authorities.