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The Resource Coca yes, cocaine no : how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy, Thomas Grisaffi

Coca yes, cocaine no : how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy, Thomas Grisaffi

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"In Coca Yes, Cocaine No Thomas Grisaffi traces the political ascent and transformation of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) from an agricultural union of coca growers into Bolivia's ruling party. When Evo Morales--leader of the MAS--became Bolivia's president in 2006, coca growers celebrated his election and the possibility of scaling up their form of grassroots democracy to the national level. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork with coca union leaders, peasant farmers, drug traffickers, and politicians, Grisaffi outlines the tension that Morales faced between the realities of international politics and his constituents, who, even if their coca is grown for ritual or medicinal purposes, are implicated in the cocaine trade and criminalized under the U.S.-led drug war. Grisaffi shows how Morales's failure to meet his constituents' demands demonstrates that the full realization of alternative democratic models at the local or national level is constrained or enabled by global political and economic circumstances." --
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
viii, 261 pages
Contents
  • The rise of the coca unions
  • The lowest rung of the cocaine trade
  • Self-governing in the Chapare
  • From class to ethnicity
  • Community coca control
  • The unions and local government
  • The coca union's radio station
Isbn
9781478001713
Instance
Label
Coca yes, cocaine no : how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy
Title
Coca yes, cocaine no
Title remainder
how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy
Statement of responsibility
Thomas Grisaffi
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In Coca Yes, Cocaine No Thomas Grisaffi traces the political ascent and transformation of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) from an agricultural union of coca growers into Bolivia's ruling party. When Evo Morales--leader of the MAS--became Bolivia's president in 2006, coca growers celebrated his election and the possibility of scaling up their form of grassroots democracy to the national level. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork with coca union leaders, peasant farmers, drug traffickers, and politicians, Grisaffi outlines the tension that Morales faced between the realities of international politics and his constituents, who, even if their coca is grown for ritual or medicinal purposes, are implicated in the cocaine trade and criminalized under the U.S.-led drug war. Grisaffi shows how Morales's failure to meet his constituents' demands demonstrates that the full realization of alternative democratic models at the local or national level is constrained or enabled by global political and economic circumstances." --
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1980-
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Grisaffi, Thomas
Dewey number
338.1/737
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HD9019.C632
LC item number
B535 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Movimiento al Socialismo (Bolivia)
  • Coca industry
  • Cocaine industry
  • Coca industry
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia
  • Morales Ayma, Evo
  • Movimiento al Socialismo (Bolivia)
  • Movimiento al Socialismo
  • Movimiento al Socialismo (Bolivia)
  • Agricultural laborers
  • Coca industry
  • Coca industry
  • Cocaine industry
  • Politics and government
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia
  • Cocaanbau
  • Cocainhandel
  • Drogenhandel
  • Drogenpolitik
  • Landarbeiter
  • Landwirtschaft
  • Anthropogeografie
  • Gewerkschaftspolitik
  • Gewerkschaft
  • Hörfunk
  • 15.85 history of America
  • Bolivia
Label
Coca yes, cocaine no : how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy, Thomas Grisaffi
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Publication
Copyright
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rise of the coca unions -- The lowest rung of the cocaine trade -- Self-governing in the Chapare -- From class to ethnicity -- Community coca control -- The unions and local government -- The coca union's radio station
Control code
1030609946
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
viii, 261 pages
Isbn
9781478001713
Lccn
2018027122
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1030609946
Label
Coca yes, cocaine no : how Bolivia's coca growers reshaped democracy, Thomas Grisaffi
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rise of the coca unions -- The lowest rung of the cocaine trade -- Self-governing in the Chapare -- From class to ethnicity -- Community coca control -- The unions and local government -- The coca union's radio station
Control code
1030609946
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
viii, 261 pages
Isbn
9781478001713
Lccn
2018027122
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1030609946

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