Sven Harten

The Rise of Evo Morales and the MAS (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Evo Morales is one of the world's most controversial political leaders. His story is extraordinary: poor shepherd-boy, persecuted coca grower, self-professed admirer of Ché Guevara, hero of the anti-globalization movement, and first indigenous president of modern Latin America.

The story of the social movement turned political party he is a part of -- the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) -- is also exceptional: originally founded as a splinter of an ultra-right party, it was given as a gift for the coca growers after they had been banned several times for spurious reasons to register their own party, and went on to become an irresistible force for indigenous rights in Bolivia.

In this insightful and revealing book, Sven Harten explains the success of the MAS and its wider consequences, showing how Morales has become the symbol for a new political consciousness that has entailed de-stigmatizing indigenous identities. In many ways, the analysis of Morales's political trajectory serves as a mirror for democracy in Bolivia. It reveals the challenge of squaring the rupture with a discredited past with the continuity of democracy and the aim of representing an entire society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780321325
• Artikelnr.: 38347985

Autorenporträt

Sven Harten has done extensive fieldwork in Bolivia, and holds a PhD in Political Science from the London School of Economics (LSE). He currently works as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the IFC-World Bank Group in Lima, Peru.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: A Journey Part I 1. Bolivia's Political History Crisis of
Representation in Bolivia From Revolution to Dictatorship to Transition:
1952 - 1978 Bolivian Nationalism - A Brief History Origins of Bolivian
Nationalism The 1952 Revolution and the Nacionalismo Revolucionario
Assimilationist Nation Democratic Institutions since Democratic Politics
Coca: A brief Sketch of a Damned Holy Plant War on Drugs 2. Evo's Youth and
Upbringing Evo Evo's University: Looking for Another Form of Democracy
School of Democracy Relative Structurality of Signifiers: Origins of Evo
Morales's Notion of the Nation 3. Rise of Coca Growers (Mid 1980s to Early
1990s) History of the Coca Growers' Movement Structuring Force of Society
Internal Functioning Formalized Organizational Structure The Assemblies
Type and Sequence of Meetings Leadership Coca Discourse: Defending the
Sacred Leaf Uniting Heterogeneity in a Chain of Equivalence From
Stigmatized Plant to Symbol of Sovereignty Part II 4. Morales's Political
Instrument? The Creation of MAS (Early 1990s) Brief History of the
'Instrumento Político' MAS MAS: A Bottom-Up Perspective of the Party
Movement-Cum-Party Old Wine in New Bottles or Really Something New?
President Morales: a Product of the Reforms of his Adversaries? Long-term
Grievances 5. Outside Challengers Rise Amidst Waves of Protests (1995-2002)
Second Generation Reforms Party Politics - Where is the 'Silent
Revolution'? Waves of Conflicts War on Drugs The Year 2000: a Turning
Point? Guerra del Agua in 2000 Guerra del Gas or Octubre Negro 2003
Conclusion 6. MAS Rises to Political Dominance (2002-2005) Reaching Out to
Other Social Movements Lack of Clear Structures: A New Form of Doing
Politics? Institutionalizing Party Structures Opening the Party Lists
Leadership Characteristics of Leaders Election of Candidates Organizational
Problems 7. Compañero Evo: The Symbol of the Pluricultural People The
People Who are The People? Mobilizing People to Become 'The People' The
People and the Exercise of Power Construction of Identity The People' in
Morales's Discourse Somos MAS, Somos el Pueblo Who Constitute 'the People'
in Bolivia? Implications of the New Articulation of 'the People' Conclusion
Part III 8. Boliviäs First Indigenous President (2005-2010) Bolivia Under
President Morales Morales: Nationalist and Populist? The Imagining of the
Nation as 'Nation of Nations' The 'Plurinational' Nation Filling the
'Plurinational' Nation with Meaning What Holds the Diversity Together
Imagining the Nation: Recovering its Sovereignty Imagining a 'Productive'
Nation: Re-Thinking Development Dignity A New Imaginary of the Nation:
Challenging Existing Power Relations 9. Refounding the State - The
Foundational Promise of Populism Introduction Building a New State - What
Had to Change? Recover and Refound the State The Target of Change: Defining
the State Refounding the New State - Alternative Form of Modernity
Principles of a New State Relationship Between Culture and the State The
Path to Change: Asamblea Constituyente Great Expectations: Constituent
Assembly as Collective Ritual Bolivia's New Constitution Analyzing the Role
of the State Conclusion 10. Conclusion: The Difficult Road Ahead for
President Morales and the MAS