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Kohl, B: Impasse in Bolivia
Langbeschreibung
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 and property rights. It points to the problems inherent in retaining neoliberalism as the dominant paradigm in Latin America for the foreseeable future and the unlikely prospect of it putting down real roots of approval and legitimacy.
Hauptbeschreibung
Uncovers the reasons and processes behind Bolivia's two decades of unprecedented popular resistance to the consequences of neoliberal policies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Entre fiestas y bloqueos (Between fiestas and blockades)1. Neoliberal Globalization: The challenge of maintaining hegemony2, From Francisco de Toledo to Jeffrey Sachs3. The Neoliberal Invasion: Structural Adjustment and the New Economic Policy4. The Neoliberal Reinvention of Bolivia: The Plan de Todos5. Privatization Bolivian Style6. Municipal Reform, Social Movements, and New Electoral Politics7. The Neoliberal Wars: Water, Taxes, and Gas8. Global Trends and Local Responses
Benjamin Kohl and Linda C. Farthing
ISBN-13:
9781842777589
Gewicht:
431 g
Format:
195x140x19 mm