Bolivia - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • 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
  • The Economy of Upper Peru
  • State, Church, and Society
  • INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN AND THE EARLY NATIONAL PERIOD, 1809-39
  • Construction of Bolivia: Bolí
  • POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND ECONOMIC DECLINE, 1839-79
  • FROM THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC TO THE CHACO WAR, 1879- 1935
  • 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
  • The Rise of New Political Groups
  • The "Sexenio," 1946-52
  • THE BOLIVIAN NATIONAL REVOLUTION, 1952-64
  • The Unfinished Revolution
  • MILITARY RULE, 1964-82
  • 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
  • Urban Society
  • The Upper Class
  • The Middle Class
  • Family and Kin
  • MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
  • Urbanization
  • RELIGION
  • EDUCATION
  • HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • ECONOMIC POLICY
  • Expenditures
  • Revenues
  • Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
  • LABOR
  • Informal Sector
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Land Tenure
  • Land Reform and Land Policy
  • Land Use
  • 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
  • Transportation
  • Communications
  • Tourism
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
  • Balance of Payments
  • Debt
  • Foreign Assistance
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
  • GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
  • The Legislature
  • The Judiciary
  • The Electoral System
  • Departmental and Local Government
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  • The Tortuous Transition to Democracy
  • Democracy and Economic Stabilization
  • The 1989 Elections
  • Political Forces and Interest Groups
  • 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
  • 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
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • Civil Aeronautics
  • Civic Action
  • Defense Budget
  • MANPOWER AND TRAINING
  • Ranks, Uniforms, and Insignia
  • Military Schools
  • Military Justice
  • FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN THE 1980s
  • Other Foreign Military Ties
  • THE SECURITY FORCES
  • Mission and Organization
  • Special Police Forces
  • Regional Police Structure
  • Recruitment and Training
  • THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY
  • Narcoterrorism
  • Narcotics Corruption
  • Bilateral and Legislative Antinarcotics Measures
  • Antinarcotics Forces and Operations
  • Attitudes Toward Antinarcotics Forces
  • Subversive Groups
  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
  • General Procedures
  • Extradition
  • Impact of Narcotics Trafficking
  • The Penal System
  • Incidence of Crime

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