After a decade in local office, are indigenous peoples' governments
in the Andes fulfilling their promise to provide a more
participatory, accountable, and deliberative form of democracy?
Using current debates in democratic theory as a framework, Donna
Lee Van Cott examines 10 examples of institutional innovation by
indigenous-party-controlled municipalities in Bolivia and Ecuador.
In contrast to studies emphasizing the role of individuals and
civil society, the findings underscore the contributions of
leadership and political parties to promoting participation and
deliberation -- even at the local level. Democratic quality is more
likely to improve where local actors initiate and design
institutions. Van Cott concludes that indigenous parties'
innovations have improved democratic quality in some respects, but
that authoritarian tendencies endemic to Andean cultures and
political organizations have limited their positive impact.
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