The Autonomy-Representation Dilemma: Indigenous Groups and Distributive Benefits in the Americas

Q1 Social Sciences
C. Carter
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Abstract

Abstract Autonomy carries the promise of resolving longstanding distributive inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous groups. Yet, contemporary autonomy arrangements have often been associated instead with a reduction in native communities' access to needed public goods and services. I situate these negative effects within a broader autonomy-representation dilemma: autonomy provides indigenous groups with more responsive coethnic leaders, but these leaders frequently face difficulties in collecting and deploying revenue. These capacity constraints often arise from the way national governments have recognized autonomy. As such, pursuing coethnic representation within the state might—under certain conditions—be more likely to provide indigenous groups with needed goods and services. Drawing on natural experimental evidence and an original survey of indigenous community presidents from Peru, I first demonstrate that achieving coethnic political representation within the state can expand indigenous groups' access to the public good they most need: water. I then illustrate how capacity constraints that arise from autonomy have prevented native groups in Bolivia's autonomous municipalities from achieving similar distributive gains. Ultimately, the findings provide insights for understanding the sources of—and potential institutional remedies for—indigenous groups' unequal access to local public goods in the Americas and beyond.
自治-代表困境:美洲原住民群体与分配利益
自治有望解决土著和非土著群体之间长期存在的分配不平等。然而,当代自治安排往往与土著社区获得所需公共产品和服务的机会减少有关。我将这些负面影响置于一个更广泛的自治-代表困境中:自治为土著群体提供了更积极响应的同种族领导人,但这些领导人在征收和分配收入方面经常面临困难。这些能力限制往往源于国家政府承认自主权的方式。因此,在某些条件下,追求州内的同种族代表权可能更有可能为土著群体提供所需的商品和服务。利用自然实验证据和对秘鲁土著社区主席的原始调查,我首先证明了在国家内实现种族政治代表权可以扩大土著群体获得他们最需要的公共产品的机会:水。然后,我说明了自治产生的能力限制如何阻碍玻利维亚自治市的土著群体实现类似的分配收益。最终,这些发现为理解美洲及其他地区土著群体不平等获得当地公共产品的来源和潜在的制度补救措施提供了见解。
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Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics Social Sciences-Anthropology
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