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Ranta, Eija,

Vivir bien as an alternative to neoliberal globalization : can indigenous terminologies decolonize the state? / Eija Ranta. - xiv, 190 pages ; 24 cm. - Rethinking globalizations .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index.

Introduction : vivir bien as a post-neoliberal alternative in the global world : Bolivia's indigenous alternative to universalist development models -- Towards decolonial government : policy-making, state formation, and power -- Indigenous resistance struggles, coloniality of the state and the capitalist world-system : a historical view -- Contested meanings of vivir bien -- "Colonialism strikes back" : vivir bien as bureaucratic practice and technical expertise -- Bureaucracy as a disciplinary power -- In the name of vivir bien : legitimizing extractive conflicts? -- Concluding remarks.

ISBN: 9781138746619 (hardback)

LCCN: 2017059804

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Globalization--Social aspects--Bolivia.
Indians of South America--Government relations.--Bolivia
Neoliberalism--Social aspects--Bolivia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Bolivia--Economic policy.
Bolivia--Social policy.

LC Class. No.: F3320 / .R36 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 984