Todd A. Eisenstadt is Professor of Government at American University.

Michael S. Danielson is a comparative politics PhD candidate at American University.

Moisés Jaime Bailón Corres is Professor and Researcher at Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca.

Carlos Sorroza Polo is Professor and Researcher in the Institute for Sociological Research at Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca.

Araceli Burguete Cal y Mayor is a researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones en Antropologia Social (CIESAS-Sureste) in San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas, Mexico.

Miguel Centellas is Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mississippi.

Erik Cooke teaches philosophy of human rights and democracy in American University's Philosophy and Religion Department.

José Antonio Lucero is Associate Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington.

Víctor Leonel Juan Martínez is a researcher at Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca. He is also Associate Editor of Oaxaca's municipal politics magazine, En Marcha, and, in 2011, was elected ombudsman to Oaxaca's State Electoral Institute.

Carmen Martínez Novo is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Kentucky.

Shannan Mattiace is Associate Professor of Political Science at Allegheny College.

Willibald Sonnleitner is Professor and Researcher at El Colegio de Mexico (COLMEX), where he teaches Political Sociology.

"This book offers an insightful analysis of recent reforms in Latin America that have expanded the state's recognition of multicultural rights, customary law and indigenous autonomy. While these reforms are often studied in isolation, the editors adopt a more ambitious research design, bringing together scholars who have examined similar reforms in the two different parts of Latin America where multicultural policies have gone the furthest: Mexico and the Central Andes. Based on original research at the sub-municipal, municipal and national levels in these two regions, the volume offers compelling answers to some of the most important questions posed by multicultural reforms."--Kent Eaton, Professor of Politics, University of California-Santa Cruz

"The authors in this volume ask penetrating questions about the nature of indigenous autonomy movements in Latin America while avoiding idealized rhetoric and oversimplification. The book's comparative framework and clear commitment to bringing empirical case knowledge to bear on important normative debates represent an innovative approach that helps to deepen our understanding of the complex political reality that is lived by millions of Latin America's indigenous citizens."--Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University