Visions of transformation : hegemony, plurinationality, and revolution in Bolivia / Aaron Augsburger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Augsburger, Aaron, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Bolivia--Government relations.

Indians of South America.

Bolivia--Social conditions--21st century.

Bolivia.

Bolivia--Politics and government--2006-.

Bolivia--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages)

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2025]

Summary:

"On a wave of revolutionary upheaval in the early twenty-first century, Evo Morales was swept into state power as Bolivia’s first Indigenous president with a mandate to radically transform the country. The ensuing period, known simply as “el proceso de cambio” (the process of change), has been a tension-filled and contradictory process involving progressive transformations, ambiguous continuities, and outright revolutionary failures. Importantly, the contradictions have been just as much ideological as they are material. By examining and illuminating the contrasting logics underlying opposing theories of revolutionary change, Visions of Transformation provides an analytical framework through which to understand and interpret the central conflicts and contradictions of Bolivia under Evo Morales and the Movimiento al Socialismo. Based on nearly two years of immersive fieldwork, Visions of Transformation explores the relation between theoretical production and political practice. Through the contrasting perspectives of hegemony and plurinationality, the book analyzes three specific conjunctural moments—a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, a conflict over representation of the highland Indigenous movement organization CONAMAQ, and the struggle for Indigenous autonomy—to shed light on the primary economic, social, political, and theoretical tensions at the heart of Bolivia’s proceso de cambio."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Visions of Transformation in Bolivia's Proceso de Cambio

1. Hegemony, Social Totality, and the Nation State

2. Articulating Plurinationality: Social Asynchrony and Political Form

3. Infrastructure, Extraction, and Indigeneity: TIPNIS and the Production of National Development

4. Plurality and Populism: CONAMAQ and Struggles of Indigenous Representation

5. Transforming the State? Indigenous Autonomy in El Estado Plurinacional

Conclusion: Rethinking Revolution from Bolivia.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on May 20, 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Augsburger, Aaron, 1981- Visions of transformation

ISBN:

9780816552795

0816552797

OCLC:

1482610753

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.