Evo's Bolivia : : Continuity and Change / / 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 r...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2014
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (271 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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