Evo's Bolivia : : Continuity and Change / / Benjamin H. Kohl, Linda C. Farthing.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Farthing, Linda C.,; Kohl, Benjamin H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; List of Abbreviations --; 1. Why Bolivia? Why Now? --; 2. Land of Unintended Consequences --; 3. Capturing or Captured by Power? --; 4. “Reinventing” the State, Expanding Rights, and Navigating Dependency --; 5. Continuity and Innovation in the Economy --; 6. Living Well/Vivir Bien: Government Transfers, Health, and Education --; 7. Land and Territory: The Enduring Struggle --; 8. The Sacred Leaf at the Center: Reconceptualizing Drug Policy --; 9. The Path Ahead --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780292757738; 9783110745337
• DOI: 10.7560/757271
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Benjamin H. Kohl, Linda C. Farthing.

In this compelling and comprehensive look at the rise of Evo Morales and Bolivia’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl offer a thoughtful evaluation of the transformations ushered in by the western hemisphere’s first contemporary indigenous president. Accessible to all readers, Evo’s Bolivia not only charts Evo’s rise to power but also offers a history of and context for the MAS revolution’s place in the rising “pink tide” of the political left. Farthing and Kohl examine the many social movements whose agendas have set the political climate in Bolivia and describe the difficult conditions the administration inherited. They evaluate the results of Evo’s policies by examining a variety of measures, including poverty; health care and education reform; natural resources and development; and women’s, indigenous, and minority rights. Weighing the positive with the negative, the authors offer a balanced assessment of the results and shortcomings of the first six years of the Morales administration. At the heart of this book are the voices of Bolivians themselves. Farthing and Kohl interviewed women and men in government, in social movements, and on the streets throughout the country, and their diverse backgrounds and experiences offer a multidimensional view of the administration and its progress so far. Ultimately the “process of change” Evo promised is exactly that: an ongoing and complicated process, yet an important example of development in a globalized world.