Description
Book SynopsisHow and why Bolivia's radical government under Morales came to power, and the challenges it faces.
Trade Review'A timely resource for navigating the complex politics of contemporary Bolivia' -- Benjamin Dangl, author of The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia (2011) and Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America (2010).
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
1. The Economic Birth Pains of Poor Countries
2. Political Failures and Political Revival
3. Revolution in Democracy?
4. New Politics: In Search of a Working Relationship Between the State and Civil Society
5. New Citizens, Welfare and Wellbeing
6. New Economics: The Promise and the Limits of Post-Neoliberal Development
7. Bolivian-US Relations: Breaking the Stranglehold
8. Bolivia’s Place in Latin America
9. The Promise and the Limits of a Revolution in Democracy
Conclusion
Notes
Index
