The rise of Evo Morales and the MAS [[electronic resource] /] / Sven Harten

• Autore: Harten Sven
• Pubblicazione: London, : Zed, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 984.052092
• Soggetto topico: Presidents - Bolivia
• Soggetto geografico: Bolivia Politics and government 2006-; Bolivia History 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: About the author; Acknowledgements; Introduction | A Journey; Part I; 1 | Bolivia's political history; Crisis of representation in Bolivia; From revolution to dictatorship to transition: 1952-78; Bolivian nationalism: a brief history; The rise of democratic institutions without democratic politics; Coca: a cursed holy plant; 2 | Evo's youth and upbringing; Early life; Evo's university: looking for another form of democracy; The origins of Evo Morales's notion of the nation; 3 | The rise of the coca growers,mid-1980s to early 1990's; History of the coca growers' movement; Internal functioning ; Coca discourse: defending the sacred leaf Part II; 4 | Morales's political instrument? The creation of MAS, early 1990's; Brief history of the instrumento político MAS; Poisoned relations; MAS: a bottom-up perspective of the party; Old wine in new bottles, or something genuinely new?; 5 | Outside challengers riseamidst waves of protests, 1995-2002; Second-generation reforms; Party politics: where is the 'silent revolution'?; Waves of conflict; Las wawas crecen con mucha bronca; War on drugs; For our water and for our lives; Guerra del Agua in 2000; table 1 Chronology of the Water War; El Mallku ; MASsive force? Guerra del Gas or Octubre Negro 2003; Conclusion; 6 | MAS assumes political dominance, 2002-05; Reaching out to other social movements; Institutionalizing party structures; Alvaro; How indigenous is MAS?; Leadership; Organizational problems; 7 | Compañero Evo, symbol of the pluricultural people; The people; Construction of identity; Conclusion; Part III; 8 | Bolivia's first indigenous president, 2005-10; Bolivia under President Morales; Imagining the 'plurinational nation'; 9 | Refounding the state: the foundational promise of populism; Building a new state: what had to change? ; Principles of a new state The path to change: Asamblea Constituyente; Bolivia's new constitution; Conclusion; Conclusion | The difficult road ahead for President Morales and the MAS; The dangerous path towards re-institutionalization; Notes; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this insightful and revealing book, Sven Harten explains the success of the MAS and its wider consequences, showing how Morales has become the symbol for a new political consciousness that has entailed de-stigmatizing indigenous identities. It reveals the challenge of squaring the rupture with a discredited past with the continuity of democracy and the aim of representing an entire society.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of Evo Morales and the MAS
• ISBN: 1-78032-132-5; 1-78032-718-8; 1-283-07097-9; 9786613070975; 1-84813-525-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465066903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II