BOLIVIA - A Country Study

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• BOLIVIA
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• COUNTRY PROFILE
  • COUNTRY
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY:
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS
  • CONQUEST AND COLONIAL RULE, 1532-1809
    • Conquest and Settlement
    • The Economy of Upper Peru
    • State, Church, and Society
  • INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN AND THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD, 1809-39
    • Struggle for Independence
    • Construction of Bolivia: Bolívar, Sucre, and Santa Cruz
  • POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DECLINE, 1839-79
  • FROM THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC TO THE CHACO WAR, 1879- 1935
    • War of the Pacific
    • Reconstruction and the Rule of the Conservatives
    • The Liberal Party and the Rise of Tin
    • The Republican Party and the Great Depression
    • The Chaco War
  • PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION, 1935-52
    • Radical Military Government
    • The Rise of New Political Groups
    • The "Sexenio," 1946-52
  • THE BOLIVIAN NATIONAL REVOLUTION, 1952-64
    • Radical Reforms
    • The Unfinished Revolution
  • MILITARY RULE, 1964-82
    • The Presidency of Barrientos
    • Revolutionary Nationalism: Ovando and Torres
    • The Banzer Regime
    • Transition to Democracy
• Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • GEOGRAPHY
    • Natural Regions
      • Mountains and Altiplano
      • Yungas and Other Valleys
      • Lowlands
    • Climate
  • POPULATION AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
  • ETHNIC GROUPS
    • Lowland Indians
    • Altiplano, Yungas, and Valley Indians
    • Mestizos and Cholos
    • Whites
  • SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
    • Rural Society
    • Urban Society
      • The Working Class
      • The Upper Class
      • The Middle Class
    • Family and Kin
  • MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
    • Migration
    • Urbanization
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY
• Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • ECONOMIC POLICY
    • Fiscal Policy
      • Expenditures
      • Revenues
    • Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
  • LABOR
    • Formal Sector
    • Informal Sector
  • AGRICULTURE
    • Land Tenure
    • Land Reform and Land Policy
    • Land Use
    • Crops
      • Food Crops
      • Cash Crops
      • Coca
    • Farming Technology
    • Livestock
    • Forestry and Fishing
  • ENERGY
    • Petroleum and Natural Gas
    • Electricity
  • MINING
    • Structure of the Mining Industry
    • Tin and Related Metals
    • Other Metals and Minerals
  • MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION
  • SERVICES
    • Banking and Financial Services
    • Transportation
    • Communications
    • Tourism
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
    • Foreign Trade
    • Balance of Payments
    • Debt
    • Foreign Assistance
• Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
  • GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
    • The Executive
  • The Legislature
    • The Judiciary
    • The Electoral System
    • Departmental and Local Government
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
    • The Legacy of the 1952 Revolution
    • The Tortuous Transition to Democracy
    • Democracy and Economic Stabilization
    • The 1989 Elections
    • Political Forces and Interest Groups
      • Political Parties
      • The Military
      • Organized Labor
      • The Peasantry
      • Regional Civic Committees
      • The Private Sector
    • The Media
  • FOREIGN RELATIONS
    • The United States
    • The Soviet Union
    • The Third World
    • Neighboring Countries
    • Membership in International Organizations
• Chapter 5. National Security
  • EVOLUTION OF THE MILITARY ROLE IN SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT
    • Early History
    • The Legacy of the Chaco War
    • Reorganization of the Armed Forces, 1952-66
    • The Counterinsurgency Decade
    • Military Intervention in Politics, 1970-85
  • THE ARMED FORCES
    • Mission and Organization
    • Army
    • Navy
    • Air Force
    • Civil Aeronautics
    • Civic Action
    • Defense Budget
  • MANPOWER AND TRAINING
    • Conscription
    • Ranks, Uniforms, and Insignia
    • Military Schools
    • Military Justice
  • FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN THE 1980s
    • The United States
    • Other Foreign Military Ties
  • THE SECURITY FORCES
    • Historical Background
    • Mission and Organization
    • Special Police Forces
    • Regional Police Structure
    • Recruitment and Training
  • THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY
    • Narcotics Trafficking
      • Narcoterrorism
      • Narcotics Corruption
      • Bilateral and Legislative Antinarcotics Measures
      • Antinarcotics Forces and Operations
      • Attitudes Toward Antinarcotics Forces
    • Subversive Groups
  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
    • The Criminal Justice System
      • General Procedures
      • Extradition
      • Impact of Narcotics Trafficking
    • The Penal System
    • Incidence of Crime
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary