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Unresolved tensions : Bolivia past and present / John Crabtree and Laurence Whitehead.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Pitt Latin American seriesPublication details: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008.Description: ix, 309 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780822943556 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822943557 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822960065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822960060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.20984
LOC classification:
  • 102 F 3327 C883u 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
The "long memory" of ethnicity in Bolivia and some temporary oscillations / Xavier Albâo -- Let the mestizos stand up and be counted / Carlos Toranzo Roca -- Oversimplifying identities : the debate over what is indigena and what is mestizo / Diego Zavaleta Reyles -- Regionalism revisited / Josâe Luis Roca -- Oppressed or privileged regions? some historical reflections on the use of state resources / Rossana Barragâan -- State-society relations in Bolivia: the strength of weakness / George Gray Molina -- The weakness of excess : the Bolivian state in an unbounded democracy / Franz Xavier Barrios Suvelza -- The development of constituent power in Bolivia / Eduardo Rodrâiguez Veltzâe -- Constitution and constitutional reform / Luis Tapia -- Gas and its importance to the Bolivian economy / Carlos Miranda -- Beyond gas : between the narrow-based and broad-based economy / Fernanda Wanderley -- Bolivia in a global setting : economic ties / Juan Antonio Morales -- The perverse effects of globalization in Bolivia / Carlos Arze Vargas -- Conclusion: Bolivia's latest "refoundation" / Laurence Whitehead.
Summary: The landslide election of Evo Morales in December 2005 pointed toward a process of accelerated change in Bolivia, forging a path away from globalization and the neoliberal paradigm in favor of greater national control and state intervention. This in turn shifted the power relations of Bolivia's internal politics-beginning with greater inclusion of the indigenous population-and altered the nation's foreign relations. Unresolved Tensions engages this realignment from a variety of analytical perspectives, using the Morales election as a lens through which to reassess Bolivia's contemporary political reality and its relation to a set of deeper historical issues. This volume brings together an expert group of commentators and participants from within the Bolivian political arena to offer diverse perspectives and competing views on issues of ethnicity, regionalism, state-society relations, constitutional reform, economic development, and globalization. In this way, the contributors seek to reassess Bolivia's past, present, and future, consider the ways in which the nation's historical developments flow from these deeper currents, and assess the opportunities and challenges that arise within the new political context.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.

The "long memory" of ethnicity in Bolivia and some temporary oscillations / Xavier Albâo -- Let the mestizos stand up and be counted / Carlos Toranzo Roca -- Oversimplifying identities : the debate over what is indigena and what is mestizo / Diego Zavaleta Reyles -- Regionalism revisited / Josâe Luis Roca -- Oppressed or privileged regions? some historical reflections on the use of state resources / Rossana Barragâan -- State-society relations in Bolivia: the strength of weakness / George Gray Molina -- The weakness of excess : the Bolivian state in an unbounded democracy / Franz Xavier Barrios Suvelza -- The development of constituent power in Bolivia / Eduardo Rodrâiguez Veltzâe -- Constitution and constitutional reform / Luis Tapia -- Gas and its importance to the Bolivian economy / Carlos Miranda -- Beyond gas : between the narrow-based and broad-based economy / Fernanda Wanderley -- Bolivia in a global setting : economic ties / Juan Antonio Morales -- The perverse effects of globalization in Bolivia / Carlos Arze Vargas -- Conclusion: Bolivia's latest "refoundation" / Laurence Whitehead.

The landslide election of Evo Morales in December 2005 pointed toward a process of accelerated change in Bolivia, forging a path away from globalization and the neoliberal paradigm in favor of greater national control and state intervention. This in turn shifted the power relations of Bolivia's internal politics-beginning with greater inclusion of the indigenous population-and altered the nation's foreign relations. Unresolved Tensions engages this realignment from a variety of analytical perspectives, using the Morales election as a lens through which to reassess Bolivia's contemporary political reality and its relation to a set of deeper historical issues. This volume brings together an expert group of commentators and participants from within the Bolivian political arena to offer diverse perspectives and competing views on issues of ethnicity, regionalism, state-society relations, constitutional reform, economic development, and globalization. In this way, the contributors seek to reassess Bolivia's past, present, and future, consider the ways in which the nation's historical developments flow from these deeper currents, and assess the opportunities and challenges that arise within the new political context.

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