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Social movements: development actors in Bolivia? : a case study of how "Cocaleros" movements perceive their role in Bolivian development processes

Montellano Ponce de León, Miriam Mónica
Master thesis
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2010
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Abstract
In the last decades the Bolivian social movements started gaining force and raising their

voices against the injustices and the inefficiency of the governments to give solution to their

problems. During the last 20 years the movements have started to gain control and force, but

many of the movements have a longer history. One of them is the cocaleros movement, the

coca leaf growers’ movement. They spent more than thirty years fighting for what they

considered to be their rights; they practically started form cero and created a strong

organization that represents not only their particular interests, but the collective identity of

their people.

This thesis, based on a six months research among the cocaleros communities, academicians

and civil society shows how this social movement emerged, how it has evolved over time and

how its leaders managed to create perhaps the strongest social movement in the history of

Bolivia. The cocaleros movement was the first social movement that created a ‘political

instrument’ (the political party MAS), a party that won for the second time in the Bolivian

history, with majority, the national presidential elections. As such, the movement has truly

assisted in giving Bolivia its first indigenous president, the former cocalero leader Evo

Morales. This thesis explores how the members of the cocaleros movement perceive their role

in the Bolivian society; how they feel the impacts of their actions have changed Bolivia. The

thesis will also discuss whether they are really changing the Bolivian context or if they are

merely following a political discourse. Finally, the thesis also describes the way this social

movement is seen by other sectors of society, sectors who may or may not agree with the new

government that is somehow closely related to the cocaleros social movement.
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Masteroppgave development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010
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Universitetet i Agder, University of Agder

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