Essays about: "Junta Vecinal"

Found 1 essay containing the words Junta Vecinal.

  1. 1. Demanding Change : The Collective Challenges of the Juntas Vecinales of El Alto

    University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mateo Tarazona Machicao; [2010]
    Keywords : Bolivia; El Alto; Junta Vecinal; social movements; decentralization;

    Abstract : The Juntas Vecinales of El Alto portray a telling picture of the current process of societal change inBolivia. Formed to attend the collective needs of indigenous migrants striving to settle down on theoutskirts of the capital, the Juntas Vecinales have grown as an intrinsic part of El Alto becomingsignificant socio-political actors and part of the indigenous social movements propelling the processof change in Bolivia. READ MORE