Evo Morales and the Movimiento Al Socialismo in Bolivia

In late November 2009, when Bolivia's presidential elections were imminent, a symposium was held with the support of the Bolivia Information Forum at the Institute of The Americas (ISA) in London to reflect on the experience of the first administration of Evo Morales and his party, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), the history of the movement, and Bolivian politics and society under the MAS since 2005. Morales has been widely touted as the first indigenous leader of a South American country since the European Conquest. To mark the first anniversary of these momentous events, this book gathers together chapters from contributors to the symposium and additional essays commissioned from other leading experts.