In this worthy continuation of his earlier work on the subject of Ecuadorian guerrilla warfare and modernity, Professor Buckley again uses his oral history methodology to explore the life stories of eleven indigenous women. In their own words, they connect their struggles as women within the Indigenous communities to the current situation in a neo-colonial society. His provocative questions allow the women to express the duality in which they live and work, within a framework of well-grounded criticism and a feminist perspective. The goal that comes across in their replies and explanations is a community not based on conquest, but rather aspiring for a better life that does not entail the subjugation of others. Such a break from the patriarchal traditions that surround them historically would indeed be revolutionary.

Kathleen McNerney, West Virginia University, USA

A compelling study. Working at the threefold intersection of history, contemporary politics and 'the political', the in-depth exploration of a set of skillfully selected life-histories enables the author to show seldom explored dimensions of the construction of agency in highly adverse structural conditions. The book provides a fascinating account of indigenous women leaders' self-discovery of their political agency through their own life experiences, rather than through some sort of trained exposure to the world of political ideas and ideologies in the abstract. A superb contribution to political mobilization theory in general, and to citizenship studies in particular.

Amparo Menéndez-Carrión, political scientist, award-winning author, and former Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences at Ecuador (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, FLACSO – Sede Ecuador).