Bolivia

Processes of Change

AvJohn Crabtree,Ann Chaplin

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Engelska, 2013

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Since Evo Morales was elected president in 2006 as leader of the MAS, the first social movement to achieve political power in Latin America, Bolivia has seen radical changes and continues to generate huge interest worldwide. In this revealing new book, Crabtree and Chaplin show how ordinary people have responded to the processes of change that have taken place in the country over the last few years.Based on a wealth of interview material and original reportage, the book enters the terrain of grassroots politics, identifying how Bolivians work within the country's social movements and how they view the effects that this participation has achieved. It asks how they see their lives as being altered - for better or for worse - by this experience, as well as how they evaluate the experience of becoming politically involved, often for the first time. This unique bottom-up analysis explores the often complex relationship between Bolivia's people, social movements and the state, highlighting both the achievements and limitations of the MAS administration. In doing so, it casts important new light both on the nature of the Bolivian 'experiment' and its implications for participatory politics in other parts of the developing world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-05-09
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781780323794
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

John Crabtree is a research associate at the Latin American Centre, Oxford, and senior member of St Antony's College. His main area of expertise is the contemporary politics of the Andean region, on which he has written and broadcast widely. His most recent books include Fractured Politics: Peruvian Democracy Past and Present (2011) and Unresolved Tensions: Bolivia Past and Present (2008), co-edited with Laurence Whitehead. In 2005 he published Patterns of Protest: Politics and Social Movements in Bolivia. He holds a masters degree from Liverpool University and a doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.Ann Chaplin has lived and worked in Bolivia and the Andes for many years. She has worked in development, relating closely to social movements, and has been a witness to their advances. She has written recently on the development of social movements and the impact of climate change on rural communities.

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Crabtree and Chapin provide an insightful guide to the ''processes of change'' in Bolivia under the Morales government. This book is extremely useful both for students and scholars of Bolivia and for those interested in understanding the unfolding of social-movement-induced change in Latin America today.

Innehållsförteckning

PrologueIntroduction: popular organization and the processes of change .1. Land, campesinos and indígenas2. The Altiplano: sindicatos versus ayllus3. El Alto: a city of migrants4. Of mines and miners5. Of coca and cocaleros6. Of gas, rents and indigenous movements of the Chaco7. Santa Cruz and the process of change8. The Amazonian northConclusions