Synopses & Reviews
This book traces the twin processes of economic liberalization and political democratization in Bolivia since the 1980s placing both processes in their historical context. The essays focus on the issue of democratic viability, and raise broader questions of the relationship between democratization and its socio-economic context.
Review
"A must for Latin American specialists." --
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About the Author
John Crabtree is a writer and researcher on Latin America.
Laurence Whitehead is Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford.
Table of Contents
Part I: Context The Viability of Democracy--Laurence Whitehead * The Emergence of Democracy in Bolivia--Laurence Whitehead * Economic Vulnerability in Bolivia--Juan Antoio Morales *
Part II: Poverty and Exclusion Exclusion, Participation and Democratic States Building--George Gray-Molina * Rural Poverty and Develoment--Jorge Munnoz * Technology and Rural Productivity--Diego Sánchez de Lozada & Carlos Valenzuela * Human Development in a Multi-Ethnic Society--Fernando Ruiz Mier*
Part III: Institutional Problems and Responses * Politics, Intermediation and Representation--Pilar Domingo * The Private Sector and Democratization--Horst Grebe López * Legal Security in Bolivia--Eduardo Rodriguez Veltzé* Accountability in the Transition to Democracy--Antonio Sánchez de Lozada
Part I: Context The Viability of Democracy--Laurence Whitehead * The Emergence of Democracy in Bolivia--Laurence Whitehead * Economic Vulnerability in Bolivia--Juan Antoio Morales * Part II: Poverty and Exclusion Exclusion, Participation and Democratic States Building--George Gray-Molina * Rural Poverty and Develoment--Jorge Munnoz * Technology and Rural Productivity--Diego Sánchez de Lozada & Carlos Valenzuela * Human Development in a Multi-Ethnic Society--Fernando Ruiz Mier* Part III: Institutional Problems and Responses * Politics, Intermediation and Representation--Pilar Domingo * The Private Sector and Democratization--Horst Grebe López * Legal Security in Bolivia--Eduardo Rodriguez Veltzé* Accountability in the Transition to Democracy--Antonio Sánchez de Lozada