Gutiérrez Aguilar / Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar Rhythms of the Pachakuti

Indigenous Uprising and State Power in Bolivia
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7636-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century

In Rhythms of the Pachakuti, Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar documents a series of popular indigenous uprisings against the country's antidemocratic policies, tracing the internal dynamics of such disruptions to consider how motivation and execution incite political change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gutiérrez Aguilar, Raquel

Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar, Gutierrez Aguilar

Weitere Mitwirkende

Skar, Stacey Alba D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Beyond the Old Order of Things ix

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xlvii

Part I. Community Uprisings and Grassroots Democratization 1

1. The Coalition for the Defense of Water and Life: The Massive Public Defiance of State Order 3

2. Aymara Roadblocks in La Paz: Community as a Mobilizing Force 28

3. The Disputed Territories of the Chapare: The Coca Growers' Struggles from 2000 to 2003 73

Part II. From Governmental Collapse to Pachakuti's Suspension, 2003–2005 97

4. Insurgent Politics: The Rebellious Year of 2003 99

5. Compromises and "Catastrophic Balance": The Confusing Year of 2004 129

6. The Growing Tension between Emancipation, Autonomy, Self-Governance, and State Reconstitution in 2005 152

Conclusion: Final Reflections 175

Appendix 1: Methodological Approach 191

Appendix 2: Positions of the Social Voices and Tables 195

Notes 223

References 265

Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

Raquel Gutierrez Aguilar is Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Puebla.

Sinclair Thomson is Associate Professor of History at New York University.

Stacey Alba D. Skar is Associate Professor of Spanish at Western Connecticut State University.