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Rhythms of the Pachakuti : Indigenous Uprising and State Power in Bolivia
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutiérrez Aguilar, Raquel Gutierrez.
- Series:
- New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bolivia--Politics and government--1982-2006.
- Government, Resistance to--Bolivia--History.
- Indians of South America--Bolivia--Government relations.
- Indians of South America--Bolivia--Politics and government.
- Social movements--Bolivia--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Bolivia--Politics and government--1982-2006.
- Government, Resistance to--Bolivia--History.
- Indians of South America--Bolivia--Government relations.
- Indians of South America--Bolivia--Politics and government.
- Social movements--Bolivia--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- <div>In <I>Rhythms of the Pachakuti</I>, 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.</div>
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword: Beyond the Old Order of Things, Sinclair Thomson; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Community Uprisings and Grassroots Democratization; Chapter 1. The Coalition for the Defense of Water and Life: The Massive Public Defiance of State Order; Chapter 2. Aymara Roadblocks in La Paz: Community as a Mobilizing Force; Chapter 3. The Disputed Territories of the Chapare: The Coca Growers' Struggles from 2000 to 2003; Part II. From Governmental Collapse to Pachakuti's Suspension, 2003-2005; Chapter 4. Insurgent Politics: The Rebellious Year of 2003
- Chapter 5. Compromises and "Catastrophic Balance": The Confusing Year of 2004Chapter 6. The Growing Tension between Emancipation, Autonomy, Self-Governance, and State Reconstitution in 2005; Conclusion: Final Reflections; Appendix 1: Methodological Approach; Appendix 2: Positions of the Three Most Important Social Voices; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780822376361
- 0822376369
- OCLC:
- 1224278989
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