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Informationen zum Autor Linda C. Farthing is a writer and educator with twenty-five years of experience in Latin America as a solidarity activist, study-abroad director, field producer for films, and journalist/independent scholar.Benjamin H. Kohl was Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. They are coauthors of From the Mines to the Streets: A Bolivian Activist’s Life with Félix Muruchi and Impasse in Bolivia: Neoliberal Hegemony and Popular Resistance, as well as numerous articles. They live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Klappentext An accessible account of Evo Morales's first six years in office, offering analysis of major issues as well as interviews with a wide variety of people, resulting in a valuable primer on Bolivia and Morales's "process of change". Zusammenfassung Offers an account of Evo Morales' first six years in office, offering analysis of major issues as well as interviews with a wide variety of people, resulting in a valuable primer on Bolivia and Morales' "process of change". Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Why Bolivia? Why Now?Chapter 2. Land of Unintended ConsequencesChapter 3. Capturing or Captured by Power?Chapter 4. "Reinventing" the State, Expanding Rights, and Navigating DependencyChapter 5. Continuity and Innovation in the EconomyChapter 6. Living Well/Vivir Bien: Government Transfers, Health, and EducationChapter 7. Land and Territory: The Enduring StruggleChapter 8. The Sacred Leaf at the Center: Reconceptualizing Drug PolicyChapter 9. The Path AheadNotesReferencesIndex
