In their latest book, John Crabtree, Francisco Durand and Jonas Wolff investigate the political role of economic elites in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru from a comparative-historical perspective. They examine how business groups in the three countries have interacted with state authorities from the mid-20th-century till the present. Their analysis covers the state-led import substitutive industrialization of the 1950s-1970s, the neoliberalism of the 80s and 90s and the post-neoliberal period of 2000 onwards and looks at the balance of power between business elites and social movements.
John Crabtree is Research Associate at the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, Associate of the Politics Department at Brookes University in Oxford and Region Head for Latin America at Oxford Analytica Ltd. Jonas Wolff is Professor of Political Science with a focus on Transformation Studies and Latin America at Goethe University, Frankfurt. The late Francisco Durand, the third author of the book, was Full Professor of Political Science at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru and Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
The event will be held in Spanish.
When: April 18, 7.00 p.m. (UK)/2.00 p.m. (Bolivia)
Where: The event will be held online via Zoom. Please contact the Anglo-Bolivian Society (anglobolivian@gmail.com) to receive a link.