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Author Postero, Nancy, author.

Title The Indigenous State : Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia / Nancy Postero
Published Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (242 p.)
Contents Frontmatter -- 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
Summary A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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 perceptive new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures that have followed in the ten years since Morales's election. While the Morales government has made many changes that have benefited Bolivia's majority indigenous population, it has also consolidated power and reinforced extractivist development models. In the process, indigeneity has been transformed from a site of emancipatory politics to a site of liberal nation-state building. By carefully tracing the political origins and practices of decolonization among activists, government administrators, and ordinary citizens, Postero makes an important contribution to our understanding of the meaning and impact of Bolivia's indigenous state
Analysis autonomy
bolivia
bolivian people
bolivian politics
economic liberation
economy
global
illustrated
indigenous cultures
indigenous people
international
liberalism
maps
national identity
nationalism
political performance
political
indigenous nationalism
politics
race issues
racial identity
racial issues
racism
spectacle
worldwide
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-217) and index
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Feb 2021)
SUBJECT Morales Ayma, Evo, 1959- fast (OCoLC)fst00423021
Subject Indigenous peoples -- Bolivia -- Government relations -- 21st century
Multiculturalism -- Political aspects -- Bolivia -- 21st century
Neoliberalism -- Bolivia -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Indigenous peoples -- Government relations.
Multiculturalism -- Political aspects.
Neoliberalism.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
Bolivia.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017001238
ISBN 9780520967304
0520967305
9780520294035
0520294033