Etnografiando negociaciones, acuerdos y alianzas entre políticos provinciales y ONG en el noroeste argentino

Abstract

This article explores the role of the negotiations, agreements and alliances between politicians and non-gobernamental organizations (NGO) in the chaco salteno region. It derives from an investitagion focused on the processes of participation of the indigenuos populations of the region, and, specifically, from the ethnographic description of an event placed in the Mesa de Tierra, place of zonal organization where ngo, community and indigenous and creole organization leaders and state functionaries, among others, coalesce. The objective is to describe the relationships established between NGO and provincial politicians, and the role of the latter as support to the local development. It concludes that these relationships promote negotiations, agreements, and alliances, in particular with political parties.