Teetering on the Rim
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: May 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780231118057
Subjects: Political economy; Social classes; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Bolivia; Anthropology - General; Development - Economic Development; Government - Comparative; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Anthropology - Cultural; Economic Conditions; Economic policy; El Alto (Bolivia); Social conditions
First sentence: Poised on the rim of a steep escarpment, high above the canyon that protects the Bolivian capital, La Paz, from the cold winds that blow off the Andes, is a second city-impoverished, rapidly growing, and neglected by the state.