Description
Based on a wealth of interview material and original reportage, the book enters the terrain of grassroots politics, identifying how Bolivians work within the country’s social movements and how they view the effects that this participation has achieved. It asks how they see their lives as being altered – for better or for worse – by this experience, in addition to how they evaluate the experience of turning into politically involved, frequently for the first time. This unique bottom-up analysis explores the frequently complex relationship between Bolivia’s people, social movements and the state, highlighting both the achievements and limitations of the MAS administration. In doing so, it casts important new light both at the nature of the Bolivian ‘experiment’ and its implications for participatory politics in other parts of the developing world.