Ellison Domesticating Democracy

The Politics of Conflict Resolution in Bolivia
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7178-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

In Domesticating Democracy Susan Helen Ellison offers an ethnography of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) organizations in El Alto, Bolivia, showing that by helping residents cope with their interpersonal disputes and economic troubles how they change the ways Bolivians interact with the state and global capitalism, making them into self-reliant citizens.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ellison, Susan Helen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGOs)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Uprising 31
1. Fix the State or Fix the People 37
2. Cultures of Peace, Cultures of Conflict 64
3. A Market for Mediators 95
A Brief Recess: Conciliating Conflict in Alto Lima 121
4. Between Compadres There Is No Interest 134
5. The Conflictual Social Life of an Industrial Sewing Machine 163
6. You Have to Comply with Paper 194
Conclusion 221
Notes 235
References 255
Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Ellison is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College.