Along the Bolivian Highway - Social Mobility and Political Culture in a New Middle Class

Miriam Shakow teaches anthropology and history at The College of New Jersey.

List of contents

Note on Language

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Formation of a New Middle Class

Chapter 2. The Intimate Politics of New Middle Classes in Sacaba

Chapter 3. Middling Sacabans Respond to Evo and MAS

Chapter 4. Condemning Clientelism

Chapter 5. Laments of Betrayal

Chapter 6. Middle Classes and Debates over the Definition of Community

Conclusion

Notes

Family Tree of Doña Saturnina Ramírez

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Miriam Shakow

Summary

This book narrates the unexpected dilemmas middle-class Bolivians have faced following the coming to power of a left-wing, indigenous movement. Shakow argues that new middle classes in Bolivia, as elsewhere in the Third World, constitute a significant force that profoundly shapes politics and social life.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Shakow
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2014
• EAN: 9780812246148
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4614-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Contemporary Ethnography; Contemporary Ethnography (Hard; Contemporary Ethnography
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology