Kepa Artaraz is a former Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Brighton where he taught global social policy and politics. He is the author of Cuba and Western Intellectuals since 1959 (2009).

'A timely resource for navigating the complex politics of contemporary Bolivia'

• Acknowledgements1. The Economic Birth Pains of Poor Countries2. Political Failures and Political Revival3. Revolution in Democracy? 4. New Politics: In Search of a Working Relationship Between the State and Civil Society5. New Citizens, Welfare and Wellbeing6. New Economics: The Promise and the Limits of Post-Neoliberal Development7. Bolivian-US Relations: Breaking the Stranglehold8. Bolivia’s Place in Latin America9. The Promise and the Limits of a Revolution in DemocracyConclusionNotesIndex

Kepa Artaraz is a former Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Brighton where he taught global social policy and politics. He is the author of Cuba and Western Intellectuals since 1959 (2009).

'A timely resource for navigating the complex politics of contemporary Bolivia'

• Acknowledgements1. The Economic Birth Pains of Poor Countries2. Political Failures and Political Revival3. Revolution in Democracy? 4. New Politics: In Search of a Working Relationship Between the State and Civil Society5. New Citizens, Welfare and Wellbeing6. New Economics: The Promise and the Limits of Post-Neoliberal Development7. Bolivian-US Relations: Breaking the Stranglehold8. Bolivia’s Place in Latin America9. The Promise and the Limits of a Revolution in DemocracyConclusionNotesIndex

Kepa Artaraz is a former Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Brighton where he taught global social policy and politics. He is the author of Cuba and Western Intellectuals since 1959 (2009).

'A timely resource for navigating the complex politics of contemporary Bolivia'

• Acknowledgements1. The Economic Birth Pains of Poor Countries2. Political Failures and Political Revival3. Revolution in Democracy? 4. New Politics: In Search of a Working Relationship Between the State and Civil Society5. New Citizens, Welfare and Wellbeing6. New Economics: The Promise and the Limits of Post-Neoliberal Development7. Bolivian-US Relations: Breaking the Stranglehold8. Bolivia’s Place in Latin America9. The Promise and the Limits of a Revolution in DemocracyConclusionNotesIndex