The Indigenous State : Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia /
"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 crucial new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failur...
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Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the "cultural democratic revolution" of Evo Morales
- The emergence of indigenous nationalism : social movements and the MAS State
- The constituent assembly : challenges to liberalism
- Wedding the nation : spectacle and political performance
- Living well? the battle for national development
- Race and racism in the new Bolivia
- From indigeneity to economic liberation
- Charagua's struggle for indigenous autonomy
- Conclusion : between politics and policing.