Along the Bolivian Highway : Social Mobility and Political Culture in a New Middle Class /

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"Along the Bolivian Highway traces the emergence of a new middle class in Bolivia, a society commonly portrayed as the site of struggle between a superwealthy white minority and a destitute indigenous majority. Miriam Shakow shows how Bolivian middle classes have deeply shaped politics and soci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakow, Miriam (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government
Political culture.
Middle class > Political activity.
Group identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Group identity > Bolivia > Sacaba.
Middle class > Political activity > Bolivia > Sacaba.
Political culture > Bolivia > Sacaba.
Bolivia > Sacaba.
Sacaba (Bolivia) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The formation of a new middle class
  • The intimate politics of new middle classes in Sacaba
  • Middling Sacabans respond to Evo and MAS
  • Condemning clientelism
  • Laments of betrayal
  • Middle classes and debates over the definition of community.

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