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In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new democratic cultural revolution, Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this book, the author examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales' election.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The “Cultural Democratic Revolution” of Evo Morales

Part One. Refounding the State
1. The Emergence of Indigenous Nationalism in Bolivia: Social Movements and the MAS State
2. The Constituent Assembly: Challenges to Liberalism
3. Wedding the Nation: Spectacle and Political Performance

Part Two. Development and Decolonization
4. Living Well? The Battle for National Development
5. Race and Racism in the New Bolivia
6. From Indigeneity to Economic Liberation
7. Charagua’s Struggle for Indigenous Autonomy

Conclusion: Between Politics and Policing

Notes
Credits for Previously Published Materials
References
Index

The Indigenous State

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 5 May 2017
      ISBN-13 9780520294035
      978-0520294035
      ISBN-10 0520294033
      Also in:
      Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new democratic cultural revolution, Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this book, the author examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales' election.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: The “Cultural Democratic Revolution” of Evo Morales

      Part One. Refounding the State
      1. The Emergence of Indigenous Nationalism in Bolivia: Social Movements and the MAS State
      2. The Constituent Assembly: Challenges to Liberalism
      3. Wedding the Nation: Spectacle and Political Performance

      Part Two. Development and Decolonization
      4. Living Well? The Battle for National Development
      5. Race and Racism in the New Bolivia
      6. From Indigeneity to Economic Liberation
      7. Charagua’s Struggle for Indigenous Autonomy

      Conclusion: Between Politics and Policing

      Notes
      Credits for Previously Published Materials
      References
      Index

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