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The Political Empowerment of the Cocaleros of Bolivia and Peru

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  1. Ursula Durand Ochoa
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Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Ursula Durand Ochoa
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Criminalization of Coca and Cocaine

    • Ursula Durand Ochoa
    Pages 27-51

  4. Peru: Formation of a Social Movement—Crisis and Repression during the Transition(s) to Democracy

    • Ursula Durand Ochoa
    Pages 53-80

  5. Bolivia: Formation of a Social Movement—Crisis and Opportunity during the Transition to Democracy

    • Ursula Durand Ochoa
    Pages 81-109

  6. Peru: Transformation of a Social Movement—Radicalization, Division, and Demobilization

    • Ursula Durand Ochoa
    Pages 111-144

  7. Bolivia: Transformation of a Social Movement—Convergence and Diffusion

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    Pages 145-182

  8. Conclusion: The Cocaleros of Bolivia and Peru Compared

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    Pages 183-200

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 201-230
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This book offers a comparative analysis of the distinct experiences of the Peruvian and Bolivian cocaleros as political actors. In doing so, it illustrates how coca, an internationally criminalzsed good, affected the path and outcome of cocalero political empowerment in each case.

About the author

Ursula Durand Ochoa earned her PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, in 2012. She has taught Comparative Democratization, Latin American Politics, Social Movements, and Civil Rights at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, and Political Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.

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