6 El Alto: Inverted Clientelism in the Rebel City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I VENEZUELA: REFRACTING LEFT-POPULIST HEGEMONY INTO PARTICIPATORY URBAN GOVERNANCE
7. 1 Venezuela: From Crisis to Left-Populist Hegemony 41
8. 2 Torres: Participatory Democracy in “Venezuela’s First Socialist City” 65
9. 3 Sucre: Administered Democracy in a Right-Governed “Chavista City” 105
10. PART II BOLIVIA: REFRACTING PASSIVE REVOLUTION, PERPETUATING CLIENTELISM
11. 4 Bolivia: From Active to Passive Revolution 147
12. 5 Santa Cruz: Technocratic Clientelism, or Fear of the Masses 172
13. 6 El Alto: Inverted Clientelism in the Rebel City 209
14. Conclusion 255
15. Methodological Appendix: Thinking About the Political in Political Ethnography 277
16. Notes 285
17. References 295
18. Index 307