Now We Are Citizens Indigenous Politics in Post-multicultural Bolivia

"Postero has written a timely and intriguing ethnography of Bolivia during what she terms the new 'post-multicultural' moment. In this book, Postero offers an insightful historical discussion of Bolivian politics at local and national levels, and provides us with nuanced ethnographies of struggles over neoliberal and multicultural policies. This book will be an important reference for all those seeking to understand the contemporary dynamics of indigenous contestation in the lowlands and highlands of Bolivia."Maria Elena Garcia, Professor of Anthropology, Sarah Lawrence College, and author of Making Indigenous Citizens: Identities, Education, and Multicultural Development in Peru "Postero documents the remarkable way the Guaranis have leveraged legislative changes meant to circumscribe their rights to fight for an expansion of those rights....Her account for the Guarani struggle to find a voice in Bolivia's political process illuminates the long, rocky road many countries in Latin America face as they grapple with the question of how to reduce social inequality and poverty." BOOKFORUMPostero, Nancy Grey is the author of 'Now We Are Citizens Indigenous Politics in Post-multicultural Bolivia', published 2006 under ISBN 9780804755191 and ISBN 0804755191.