Resumen

GUNDERMANN, Hans  y  VERGARA, Jorge Iván. Comunidad, organización y complejidad social andinas en el norte de Chile . Estud. atacam. [online]. 2009, n.38, pp.107-126. ISSN 0718-1043.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-10432009000200008.

This paper examines the situation of Atacameño and Aymara organizations in the Chilean Andes, focusing on the crucial role state institutions have played in their formation and functioning, as a consequence of the Chilean State´s need of institutional counterparts. It also discusses the conflicts and tensions within one of the newest and most important of such organizational figures, the indigenous community.

Palabras clave : organization; Andean community; social complexity; ethnic politics; North of Chile.

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