Rebellion to reform in Bolivia. Part I: Domestic class structure, Latin-American trends, and capitalist imperialism

Historical Materialism

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 23-58

  Webber, Jeffery R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Evo Morales; Indigenous; Movement Towards Socialism; Neoliberalism; Reform; Revolution; Revolutionary epoch; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949098526     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920608X296060     Document Type: Review

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