Backlash in Bolivia: regional autonomy as a reaction against indigenous mobilization

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Eaton, Kent
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Regional autonomy
Indigenous mobilization
Decentralization
Business associations
Bolivia
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2007
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Sage Publications
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In the 1990s, Bolivia’s indigenous population mobilized to claim new political roles, and in the process, directly challenged the privileged position of economic elites within national political institutions. In response, business associations in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s most prosperous region, began to demand regional autonomy—in contrast to the demand for authoritarianism that characterized prior generations of business elites when confronted with threatening political change. After examining Santa Cruz’ past relationship with the national government, this article explores the challenges that led economic elites in the department to seek autonomy and the strategies that they have adopted in pursuit of this goal.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032329206297145
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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Funded by the Research Initiation Program at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Kent Eaton, "Backlash in Bolivia: regional autonomy as a reaction to indigenous mobilization," Politics & Society, Vol. 35 No. 1, March 2007 71-102
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