Rhythms of the Pachakuti : Indigenous Uprising and State Power in Bolivia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gutiérrez Aguilar, Raquel (Author)
Other Authors:	Thomson, Sinclair (author of foreword.), Skar, Stacey Alba D., 1969- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:	New ecologies for the twenty-first century. Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
Subjects:	Indians of South America > Bolivia > Government relations. Indians of South America > Bolivia > Politics and government. Bolivia > Politics and government > 1982-2006. Government, Resistance to > Bolivia > History. Social movements > Bolivia > History.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: beyond the old order of things
Community uprisings and grassroots democratization
The coalition for the defense of water and life : the massive public defiance of state order
Aymara roadblocks in La Paz : community as a mobilizing force
The disputed territories of the Chapare : coca growers' struggles from 2000 to 2003
From governmental collapse to Pachakuti's suspension, 2003-2005
Insurgent politics: the rebellious year of 2003
Compromises and "catastrophic balance" : the confusing year of 2004
The growing tension between emancipation, autonomy, self-governance, and state reconstitution in 2005
Conclusion: final reflections
Appendix: methodological approach.