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"With reforms coming in just the past few years, Jeffrey R. Webber
provides a studious break down of the dynamics the country has
faced and where it is going. From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia is
a strong addition to any modern issues and social issues community
library collection.” Mid West Book Review For a decade now,
social movements in Bolivia have been in the forefront of struggles
for global justice, and no commentator has more perceptively mapped
this process than Jeffery Webber. In this exciting new study,
Webber brings together his deep knowledge, critical powers and
social justice commitments to provide a stunning overview of
Bolivia’s movement from rebellion to reform. Everyone concerned
with contemporary social movements and class struggles urgently
needs this book. Not only does From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia
bring us up to speed about what is happening in the heart of the
Bolivian struggle it also offers enormous lessons for struggles
for global justice across the planet.”
David McNally, author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics
of Crisis and Resistance and Another World is Possible:
Globalization and Anti-Capitalism.Much of his book is taken up
with an unabashed Marxist critique of the MAS government for
its new’ reformist course; for failing even to reduce
appreciably the acute levels of poverty among indigenous people
at a time of high national income from gas exports; and for
allowing the re-articulation of rightwing forces’.... [Of the
three books under review] Webber offers the most informative
account of the confrontations of 2008, which many observers at
the time predicted would lead either to secession or to civil
war.”
Philip Chrimes, International Affairs Webber’s book cuts bravely
against the grain of the fashionable left-wing romanticizing of Evo
Morales and the Bolivian process. It meticulously documents the
extent to which neoliberalism still shapes Morales’s economic
policies, and it successfully theorizes the contradictions of
attempting to overlay an older model of state-led
developmentECLAC’s structuralism, or import substitutionon top of
an intact neoliberal foundation dominated by the export of
non-value-added raw materials. The result is a ground-breaking
expansion and application of the concept of neostructuralism’ to
the Bolivian experience, an analysis that also has implications for
Venezuela and Brazil.”
Tom Lewis, Co-author with Oscar Olivera of ¡Cochabamba! Water War
in Bolivia Jeffery Webber makes a provocative argument about
contemporary Bolivian political economy. He says that, despite all
its anti-neoliberalism rhetoric, Evo Morales’ government has
continued many of the features of Bolivia’s neoliberal past,
instituting what he calls reconstituted neoliberalism’
. Webber
is aware that his interpretation of events in Bolivia will go
against the grain for many on the Left, who hoped Morales would
bring about the cultural and democratic revolution’ he promised.
Yet he argues forcefully for a reading that goes beyond discourse
and rhetoric to a careful accounting of what the Morales government
has actually done
. This book will be a significant intervention to
the ongoing scholarly discussion about post-neoliberalism
.
Webber’s book gives us more to think about as we observe this
fascinating political process.”
Nancy Postero and Devin Beaulieu, Journal of Latin American
Studies "With reforms coming in just the past few years, Jeffrey R.
Webber provides a studious break down of the dynamics [Bolivia] has
faced and where it is going. From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia is
a strong addition to any modern issues and social issues community
library collections."
The Midwest Book Review In understanding and explaining the
social forces at work in Bolivia, Webber's book is a model of the
application of Marxism to contemporary history.”
Lance Selfa, Socialist Worker Webber
lays out sixteen theses
in a methodical and convincing work
well-researched, interesting,
and important.”
Jason Farbman, International Socialist Review "From
Rebellion to Reform is a scientific, serious, and at times
almost severe work, marching the reader through a meticulous
argument of how a revolutionary epoch in Bolivia could so quickly
slide back into neoliberalism with a different face
Webber...
represents a more measured, academic Left that is generally
uncompromising in criticizing political missteps, even if that
criticism happens to be unpopular."
Ethan Earle, Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society From
Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia
is one of the few attempts to
honestly analyse the impasse that appears to have been reached by
the Latin American left, for all its great achievements. This is a
question of global importance, and for this we should be very
grateful to the author.”
Jacqueline Mulhallen, Counterfire Webber’s study focuses on the
mass movements from below’ of 20002005 and how these have been
canalised into parliamentary reform by Evo Morales’ MAS government.
Where the general strikes and mass demonstrations of the first half
of the decade displayed an epic degree of participation, radicalism
and popular empowerment, the Morales government has been marked by
cautious change initiated by the state apparatus alone... a major
strength of the book is that the author punctures the myth that
Morales’ critics are mere armchair revolutionaries’. He portrays a
vibrant and continuing movement from below, for instance the
Huanuni miners’ struggles, and the mass resistance to the
oligarchs’ September 2008 coup attempt at a time when the
government merely preached calm’.”
David Broder in Red Pepper (UK) Two terms into Bolivia's first
indigenous led government, this book by Jeffery Webber presents a
sober intervention in a climate where all too often Morales and the
Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement Toward Socialism, MAS) are
either demonised by the right or lauded uncritically by the
left.... Webber's politically engaged analysis is meticulous yet
always clearly presented and accessible throughout. It assumes no
prior knowledge of Bolivian history or politics, making it ideal
for anyone who is concerned with contemporary social movements and
class struggles regardless of familiarity with the subject
matter.”??
Marcos Schneider, Socialist Review (UK) This is an excellent
book, well informed and politically engaging. It deserves to be
read, especially by those on the Left interested in the present day
political developments in Bolivia. It provides an incisive and
in-depth critique of the politics and economics of the MAS
government of Evo Morales.”
David Spence, Permanent Revolution From Rebellion to Reform in
Bolivia offers well documented critiques of how the Morales
administration is failing to live up to the expectations of those
who expected radical change to come through a state that has been
reclaimed, at least in part, by individuals who come through social
movements.”
Dawn Paley, Against the Current
.Webber’s book provides a badly
needed corrective to the uncritical and celebratory views often
presented about Evo Morales and the MAS, and their role in
contemporary Bolivian politics. It is also a courageous and
principled defense of Bolivian workers and communities engaged in
class struggle on the ground, whether against transnational
corporations or the MAS. This book therefore demands that we
rethink our common sense assumptions about Bolivia, but also Latin
America’s pink tide’ more broadly.”
Manuel Larrabure, Socialist Studies
"With reforms coming in just the past few years, Jeffrey R. Webber
provides a studious break down of the dynamics the country has
faced and where it is going. From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia is
a strong addition to any modern issues and social issues community
library collection.” —Mid West Book Review “For a decade now,
social movements in Bolivia have been in the forefront of struggles
for global justice, and no commentator has more perceptively mapped
this process than Jeffery Webber. In this exciting new study,
Webber brings together his deep knowledge, critical powers and
social justice commitments to provide a stunning overview of
Bolivia’s movement from rebellion to reform. Everyone concerned
with contemporary social movements and class struggles urgently
needs this book. Not only does From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia
bring us up to speed about what is happening in the heart of the
Bolivian struggle – it also offers enormous lessons for struggles
for global justice across the planet.”
—David McNally, author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics
of Crisis and Resistance and Another World is Possible:
Globalization and Anti-Capitalism.“Much of his book is taken up
with an unabashed Marxist critique of the MAS government for its
‘new’ reformist course; for failing even to reduce appreciably the
acute levels of poverty among indigenous people at a time of high
national income from gas exports; and for allowing the
‘re-articulation of rightwing forces’.... [Of the three books under
review] Webber offers the most informative account of the
confrontations of 2008, which many observers at the time predicted
would lead either to secession or to civil war.”
—Philip Chrimes, International Affairs “Webber’s book cuts bravely
against the grain of the fashionable left-wing romanticizing of Evo
Morales and the Bolivian process. It meticulously documents the
extent to which neoliberalism still shapes Morales’s economic
policies, and it successfully theorizes the contradictions of
attempting to overlay an older model of state-led
development—ECLAC’s structuralism, or import substitution—on top of
an intact neoliberal foundation dominated by the export of
non-value-added raw materials. The result is a ground-breaking
expansion and application of the concept of ‘neostructuralism’ to
the Bolivian experience, an analysis that also has implications for
Venezuela and Brazil.”
—Tom Lewis, Co-author with Oscar Olivera of ¡Cochabamba! Water War
in Bolivia “Jeffery Webber makes a provocative argument about
contemporary Bolivian political economy. He says that, despite all
its anti-neoliberalism rhetoric, Evo Morales’ government has
continued many of the features of Bolivia’s neoliberal past,
instituting what he calls ‘reconstituted neoliberalism’ …. Webber
is aware that his interpretation of events in Bolivia will go
against the grain for many on the Left, who hoped Morales would
bring about the ‘cultural and democratic revolution’ he promised.
Yet he argues forcefully for a reading that goes beyond discourse
and rhetoric to a careful accounting of what the Morales government
has actually done…. This book will be a significant intervention to
the ongoing scholarly discussion about post-neoliberalism….
Webber’s book gives us more to think about as we observe this
fascinating political process.”
—Nancy Postero and Devin Beaulieu, Journal of Latin American
Studies "With reforms coming in just the past few years, Jeffrey R.
Webber provides a studious break down of the dynamics [Bolivia] has
faced and where it is going. From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia is
a strong addition to any modern issues and social issues community
library collections."
?—The Midwest Book Review “In understanding and explaining the
social forces at work in Bolivia, Webber's book is a model of the
application of Marxism to contemporary history.”
— Lance Selfa, Socialist Worker “Webber … lays out sixteen theses
in a methodical and convincing work… well-researched, interesting,
and important.”
— Jason Farbman, International Socialist Review "From Rebellion to
Reform is a scientific, serious, and at times almost severe work,
marching the reader through a meticulous argument of how a
revolutionary epoch in Bolivia could so quickly slide back into
neoliberalism with a different face … Webber... represents a more
measured, academic Left that is generally uncompromising in
criticizing political missteps, even if that criticism happens to
be unpopular."
— Ethan Earle, Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society “From
Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia … is one of the few attempts to
honestly analyse the impasse that appears to have been reached by
the Latin American left, for all its great achievements. This is a
question of global importance, and for this we should be very
grateful to the author.”
—Jacqueline Mulhallen, Counterfire “Webber’s study focuses on the
mass movements ‘from below’ of 2000–2005 and how these have been
canalised into parliamentary reform by Evo Morales’ MAS government.
Where the general strikes and mass demonstrations of the first half
of the decade displayed an epic degree of participation, radicalism
and popular empowerment, the Morales government has been marked by
cautious change initiated by the state apparatus alone... a major
strength of the book is that the author punctures the myth that
Morales’ critics are mere ‘armchair revolutionaries’. He portrays a
vibrant and continuing movement from below, for instance the
Huanuni miners’ struggles, and the mass resistance to the
oligarchs’ September 2008 coup attempt at a time when the
government merely preached ‘calm’.”
—David Broder in Red Pepper (UK) “Two terms into Bolivia's first
indigenous led government, this book by Jeffery Webber presents a
sober intervention in a climate where all too often Morales and the
Movimiento al Socialismo (Movement Toward Socialism, MAS) are
either demonised by the right or lauded uncritically by the
left.... Webber's politically engaged analysis is meticulous yet
always clearly presented and accessible throughout. It assumes no
prior knowledge of Bolivian history or politics, making it ideal
for anyone who is concerned with contemporary social movements and
class struggles regardless of familiarity with the subject
matter.”??
—Marcos Schneider, Socialist Review (UK) “This is an excellent
book, well informed and politically engaging. It deserves to be
read, especially by those on the Left interested in the present day
political developments in Bolivia. It provides an incisive and
in-depth critique of the politics and economics of the MAS
government of Evo Morales.”
?—David Spence, Permanent Revolution From Rebellion to Reform in
Bolivia offers well documented critiques of how the Morales
administration is failing to live up to the expectations of those
who expected radical change to come through a state that has been
reclaimed, at least in part, by individuals who come through social
movements.”
—Dawn Paley, Against the Current “….Webber’s book provides a badly
needed corrective to the uncritical and celebratory views often
presented about Evo Morales and the MAS, and their role in
contemporary Bolivian politics. It is also a courageous and
principled defense of Bolivian workers and communities engaged in
class struggle on the ground, whether against transnational
corporations or the MAS. This book therefore demands that we
rethink our common sense assumptions about Bolivia, but also Latin
America’s ‘pink tide’ more broadly.”
—Manuel Larrabure, Socialist Studies
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