Unresolved tensions : Bolivia past and present / / John Crabtree and Laurence Whitehead

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464654203321
• Autore: Crabtree John <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 0-8229-7348-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: Pitt Latin American Series
• Disciplina: 306.20984
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Bolivia Politics and government 1982-2006; Bolivia Economic conditions 1982-; Bolivia Race relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Figures, Maps, and Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: A Story of Unresolved Tensions""; ""Part I: On Ethnicities""; ""1. The Long Memory of Ethnicity in Bolivia and Some Temporary Oscillations - Xavier Alba""; ""2. Let the Mestizos Stand Up and Be Counted - Carlos Toranzo Roca""; ""3. Oversimplifying Identities: The Debate over What Is Indigena and What Is Mestizo - Diego Zavaleta Reyles""; ""Part II. On Regionalism""; ""4. Regionalism Revisited - Jose Luis Roca""; ""5. Oppressed or Privileged Regions?: Some Historical Reflections on the Use of State Resources - Rossana Barragan (with the assistance of Jose Peres Cajas)""""Part III. On State-Society Relations""; ""6. State-Society Relations in Bolivia: The Strength of Weakness - George Gray Molina""; ""7. The Weakness of Excess: The Bolivian State in an Unbounded Democracy - Franz Xavier Suvelza""; ""Part IV. On Constitutionalism""; ""8. The Development of Constituent Power in Bolivia - Eduardo Rodriguez Veltze""; ""9. Constitution and Constitutional Reform in Bolivia - Luis Tapia""; ""Part V. On Strategies of Economic Development""""10. Gas and Its Importance to the Bolivian Economy - Carlos Miranda""; ""11. Beyond ; Gas: Between the Narrow-Based and the Broad-Based Economy - Fernanda Wanderley""; ""Part VI. On Bolivia and Globalization""; ""12. Bolivia in a Global Setting: Economic Ties - Juan Antonio Morales""; ""13. The Perverse Effects of Globalization in Bolivia - Carlos Arze Vargas""; ""Conclusion: Bolivia's Latest Refoundation - Laurence Whiehead""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: The landslide election of Evo Morales in December 2005 pointed toward a process of accelerated change in Bolivia, forging a path away from globalization and the neoliberal paradigm in favor of greater national control and state intervention. This in turn shifted the power relations of Bolivia's internal politics-beginning with greater inclusion of the indigenous population-and altered the nation's foreign relations. Unresolved Tensions engages this realignment from a variety of analytical perspectives, using the Morales election as a lens through which to reassess Bolivia's contemporary politics