Replication Data and Online Appendix for: “Individual or Collective Rights? Consequences for the Satisfaction with Democracy among Indigenous Peoples in Latin America”

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Online Appendix, Codebook and Replication Material (Data + Do-File) for the Article “Individual or Collective Rights? Consequences for the Satisfaction with Democracy among Indigenous Peoples in Latin America” When using the data, please cite this article. DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2213163 The dataset used for this article is based on the INDILEX database. It contains yearly information about the number of Indigenous articles adopted in each country since 1989, how many of these treat Indigenous rights as an individual or collective group rights, and a measure indicating the salience of collective over individual Indigenous rights. Article Abstract: For decades, Indigenous peoples and their movements have fought for the recognition of their rights. Since the multiculturalist turn, these demands are – at least partially – a legal reality in many countries in Latin America. Indigenous group rights can be attributed to individual group members or in a collective way to the group as such. Here, I investigate how these contrasting approaches impact on Indigenous citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. From normative theory, I derive the expectation that incorporating collective Indigenous rights increases satisfaction with democracy, because they address the historical loss of Indigenous sovereignty and open new spaces for the participation of previously marginalized groups. In contrast, the individualization of Indigenous group rights can be seen as a form of assimilation. The empirics show that collective rights increase the satisfaction with democracy among Indigenous peoples – and among the wider public. Thus, recognizing collective minority rights does not seem to stir division but sends a message that democracy is working well.