Coca's haunting presence in the agrarian politics of the Bolivian lowlands

GeoJournal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 615-631

  Valdivia, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian imaginaries; Coca economy; Haunting; Lowlands Bolivia; Politics; Rice

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

COCA ECONOMY; HAUNTING; IMAGINARIES; LOWLANDS-BOLIVIA; POLITICS; RICE;

PLANNING;

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA];

EID: 84866729894     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-011-9407-9     Document Type: Article

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