John Crabtree is a research associate at the Centre for Latin American Studies, University of Oxford. He is the author of Peru under Garcia: An Opportunity Lost; The Great Tin Crisis; and Making Institutions Work in Peru: Democracy, Development, and Inequality since 1980. Crabtree is the editor or coeditor of several other works, including Towards Democratic Viability: The Bolivian Experience (with Laurence Whitehead).

List of Figures, Maps, and Tables vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: A Story of Unresolved Tensions | j o h n c r a b t r e e 1
part i On Ethnicities 9
1. The “Long Memory” of Ethnicity in Bolivia and Some Temporary
Oscillations | X a v i e r al b ó 13
2. Let the Mestizos Stand Up and Be Counted | ca r l o s to r a n z o
r o c a 35
3. Oversimplifying Identities: The Debate over What Is Indigena and What
Is Mestizo | di e g o za v a l e t a r e y l e s 51
part ii On Regionalism 61
4. Regionalism Revisited | jo s é lu i s ro c a 65
5. Oppressed or Privileged Regions? Some Historical Reflections on the Use
of State Resources | ro s s a n a ba r r a g á n 83
part iii On State-Society Relations 105
6. State-Society Relations in Bolivia: The Strength of Weakness | ge o r g e
gr a y mo l i n a 109
7. The Weakness of Excess: The Bolivian State in an Unbounded
Democracy | fr a n z X a v i e r ba r r i o s su v e l z a 125
part iv On Constitutionalism 141
8. The Development of Constituent Power in Bolivia | ed u a r d o
ro d r í g u e z v e l t z é 145
c o n t e n t s9. Constitution and Constitutional Reform in Bolivia | lu i s ta p i a 160
part v On Strategies of Economic Development 173
10. Gas and Its Importance to the Bolivian Economy | ca r l o s
mi r a n d a 177
11. Beyond Gas: Between the Narrow-Based and Broad-Based
Economy | f e r n a n d a wa n d e r l e y 194
part vi On Bolivia and Globalization 213
12. Bolivia in a Global Setting: Economic Ties | ju a n an t o n i o
mo r a l e s 217
13. The Perverse Effects of Globalization in Bolivia | ca r l o s ar z e
va r g a s 238
Conclusion: Bolivia’s Latest “Refoundation” | la u r e n c e
w h i t e h e a d 255
Notes 271
Bibliography 287
List of Contributors 299
Index 303

“Unresolved Tensions is a very important book about Bolivia's modern history. With insight and clarity, it explores the major themes that are at the center of conflicts about the past and present of the country and provides competing visions of its future.”