Political Networks and Social Movements : : Bolivian State–Society Relations under Evo Morales, 2006–2016 / / Soledad Valdivia Rivera.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Rivera, Soledad Valdivia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: CEDLA Latin America Studies ; 106
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)

After a landslide electoral victory in 2006, Evo Morales became the first indigenous President of Bolivia. Morales’s stunning ascent was mirrored by the rising fortunes of his political party, the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo, which today continues to challenge the status quo in Bolivian politics and implement ambitious social reforms. This study examines how the state and social movements have impacted democratization in Bolivia, along with other sectors such as NGOs and the media. Soledad Valdivia Rivera’s analysis helps us to understand how the movement's relationships have come to transform the Bolivian political process as we know it.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Social Movements, the State and Political Networks in the Construction of Democracy in Latin America -- 2 Social Movements in the Neoliberal State: Evolution of the Social Movement into a Political Actor -- 3 The ‘State–Society Interface’ and ‘Political Networks’ Social Movements and the Bolivian Constituent Process, 2006–2009 -- 4 ‘Political Networks’ in the Post- Constituent Period, 2010–2016 -- 5 Political Leadership and ‘Political Networks’ -- Conclusion -- References -- Index