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Subject(s)

• Sociological jurisprudence—Bolivia [Browse]
• Law and the social sciences—Bolivia [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples—Civil rights—Bolivia [Browse]
• Liberalism—Bolivia [Browse]
• Human rights—Bolivia [Browse]
• Social change—Bolivia [Browse]

Summary note

Dilemmas of Modernity provides an innovative approach to the study of contemporary Bolivia, moving telescopically between social, political, legal, and discursive analyses, and drawing from a range of disciplinary traditions. Based on a decade of research, it offers an account of local encounters with law and liberalism. Mark Goodale presents, through a series of finely grained readings, a window into the lives of people in rural areas of Latin America who are playing a crucial role in the emergence of postcolonial states. The book contends that the contemporary Bolivian experience is best understood by examining historical patterns of intention as they emerge from everyday practices. It provides a compelling case study of the appropriation and reconstruction of transnational law at the local level, and gives key insights into this important South American country.

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Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-238) and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Language note

English

Contents

• Modern dilemmas
• Paris in the Andes : law and the modern subject
• The making of a legal universe : law and the practice of everyday life
• Courts of desire : gender, power, and the law
• Human rights and the moral imagination : becoming liberal in the Norte de Potosi
• Modern dreams : an ethnography of grandeur.

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ISBN

0-8047-6988-5

OCLC

• 793166858
• 1178769893

Doi

• 10.1515/9780804769884

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