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- The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia
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- 2017
- Published by: University of California Press
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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.
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.
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-21
- 2: The Constituent Assembly
- pp. 41-63
- 3: Wedding the Nation
- pp. 64-88
- 5: Race and Racism in the New Bolivia
- pp. 116-136
- 6: From Indigeneity to Economic Liberation
- pp. 117-157
- Conclusion: Between Politics and Policing
- pp. 178-188
- References
- pp. 195-217
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520967304
Related ISBN(s)
9780520294035
MARC Record
OCLC
1088350901
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2019-02-25
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY