Impasse in Bolivia: neoliberal hegemony and popular resistance
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Main Author: Kohl, Benjamin H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Zed Books c2006
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-227) and index
Cover; Contents; Tables and map; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: entre fiestas y bloqueos (between fiestas and blockades); 1 -- Neoliberal globalization: the challenge of maintaining hegemony; 2 -- From Francisco de Toledo to Jeffrey Sachs; 3 -- The neoliberal incursion: structural adjustment and the New Economic Policy; 4 -- Reinventing Bolivia: the Plan de Todos; 5 -- Privatization Bolivian-style; 6 -- Municipal reform, social movements and new electoral politics; 7 -- The neoliberal wars: water, taxes and gas; 8 -- Global trends and local responses: contesting neoliberalism
Bolivia has experienced two decades of unprecedented popular resistance to the consequences of neoliberal policies, resulting in the resignation and flight of its president in October 2003. This unusual book uncovers the reasons and processes behind the rising opposition - mirrored in country after country in Latin America - to this currently fashionable, internationally prescribed approach to economic development. It explores the problems faced by governments in reproducing global strategies at the national level, the tensions between markets and democracy, state restructuring, citizenship an
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 236 p.)
ISBN:9781848131453
1848131453

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