Abstract

RIQUELME TAPIA, Catalina Daniela  and  SAMANIEGO SASTRE, Mario. Indigenous Peoples. Recognition and Normative-Political Tensions within Public Space in Chile, 1990-2010. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2020, n.59, pp.46-73. ISSN 0121-5167.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.espo.n59a03.

Based on the grounded theory, this study introduces a reflection on the political relations between the Chilean State and the Mapuche people in the period 1990-2010. These relations are addressed in analyzing the tensions between these actors in the public-political space. To this aim, on the one hand, the ethnic nature of emerging phenomena -different movements and their respective demands for recognition- are observed and, on the other hand, the role of a State with liberal characteristics such as the Chilean one is analyzed. In the face of the political denial of the multicultural recognition in Chile, the study proposes that the tensions that have prevented this recognition can be faced if the current liberalism, which is markedly monocultural, appropriates certain developments of multiculturalism. Accordingly, the tensions would find ways to be addressed without rejecting liberalism.

Keywords : Public Politics; Multiculturalism; Public-Political Space; Recognition Policies; Ethnic Policy; Chile.

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