Towards Democratic Viability The Bolivian Experience

by Crabtree, John; Whitehead, Laurence

• ISBN13: 9780333802106
• ISBN10: 0333802101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

John Crabtree is a writer and researcher on Latin America. Laurence Whitehead is Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Introduction	x
Part I Context
The Viability of Democracy	3	(18)
Laurence Whitehead
The Emergence of Democracy in Bolivia	21	(20)
Laurence Whitehead
Economic Vulnerability in Bolivia	41	(22)
Juan Antoni Morales
Part II Poverty and Exclusion
Exclusion, Participation and Democratic State-building	63	(20)
George Gray-Molina
Rural Poverty and Development	83	(17)
Jorge Munoz
Technology and Rural Productivity	100	(20)
Diego Sanchez de Lozada
Carlos Valenzuela
Human Development in a Multi-ethnic Society	120	(21)
Fernando Ruiz-Mier
Part III Institutional Problems and Responses
Party Politics, Intermediation and Representation	141	(19)
Pilar Domingo
The Private Sector and Democratization	160	(19)
Horst Grebe Lopez
Legal Security in Bolivia	179	(16)
Eduardo Rodriguez Veltze
Accountability in the Transition to Democracy	195	(21)
Antonio Sanchez de Lozada
Conclusions	216	(19)
John Crabtree
Laurence Whitehead
Index	235