| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Coca and cocaine in Bolivia : reality and policy illusion / Madeline Barbara Léons and Harry Sanabria -- Coca field as a total social fact / Alison L. Spedding -- Coca, cash, and cloth in Highland Bolivia : the Chapare transformations in a "traditional" Andean textile economy / Elayne Zorn -- Coca debate and Yungas landowners during the first half of the 20th century / Ana María Lema -- Cocataki, taki-coca : trade, traffic, and organized peasant resistance in the Yungas of Le Paz / Alison L. Spedding -- After the boom : income decline, eradication, and alternative development in the Yungas / Madeline Barbara Léons -- Discourse and practice of repression and resistance in the Chapare / Harry Sanabria -- Informal and illicit economies and the role of narcotrafficking / Carlos F. Toranzo Roca -- Environmental problems of coca cultivation / Hans Salm and Máximo Liberman -- Coca-cocaine issue in Bolivia : a political resource for all seasons / Kevin Healy -- Fighting drugs in Bolivia : United States and Bolivian perceptions at odds / Eduardo A. Gamarra -- Social impacts associated with Antidrug Law 1008 / Linda Farthing |
| Summary |
"Edited volume of contributions from Bolivian, American, and British political scientists, development sociologists, anthropologists, and historians examines impacts of the coca/cocaine economy on Bolivian society and politics, and on the US, in recent years. Together these works constitute the most complete, updated collection of analyses about this controversial public policy issue affecting US/Bolivian relations"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-298) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Coca industry -- Bolivia
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Cocaine industry -- Bolivia
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Drug traffic -- Bolivia
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Coca industry
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Cocaine industry
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Drug traffic
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Bolivia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Léons, Madeline Barbara
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Sanabria, Harry
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| LC no. |
96045353 |
| ISBN |
0585075700 |
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9780585075709 |
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1438410557 |
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9781438410555 |
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