The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia
In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new “democratic cultural revolution,” Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this perceptive new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures that have...
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| description | In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new “democratic cultural revolution,” Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this perceptive new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures that have followed in the ten years since Morales’s election. While the Morales government has made many changes that have benefited Bolivia’s majority indigenous population, it has also consolidated power and reinforced extractivist development models. In the process, indigeneity has been transformed from a site of emancipatory politics to a site of liberal nationstate building. By carefully tracing the political origins and practices of decolonization among activists, government administrators, and ordinary citizens, Postero makes an important contribution to our understanding of the meaning and impact of Bolivia’s indigenous state. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-337632025-07-29T18:00:03Z The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia Postero, Nancy race politics decolonization indigenous evo morales disagreement extractivism liberalism bolivia performance Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory Neoliberalism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new “democratic cultural revolution,” Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this perceptive new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures that have followed in the ten years since Morales’s election. While the Morales government has made many changes that have benefited Bolivia’s majority indigenous population, it has also consolidated power and reinforced extractivist development models. In the process, indigeneity has been transformed from a site of emancipatory politics to a site of liberal nationstate building. By carefully tracing the political origins and practices of decolonization among activists, government administrators, and ordinary citizens, Postero makes an important contribution to our understanding of the meaning and impact of Bolivia’s indigenous state. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-07-10 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:30:32Z 2017 book 631932 OCN: 970396759 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31309 9780520967304;9780520967304;9780520967304 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33763 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31309/1/631932.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31309/1/631932.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31309/1/631932.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31309/1/631932.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31309/1/631932.pdf University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.31 10.1525/luminos.31 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 9780520967304;9780520967304;9780520967304 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 242 Oakland, California open access |
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