ABSTRACT
This chapter sheds light on the history of the intertwined relations between Bolivian state formation and indigenous politics by looking at the complex articulations of global, national, and local processes. It is shown that indigenous peoples’ claims for indigenous self-governance have a long and active historical trajectory through the medium of resistance struggles. It is further argued that while the appearance of the notion of Vivir Bien in state politics reflects a lengthy historical continuum of conflictive state-society relations and indigenous resistance, it also appears as a response to the specific historical situation of contemporary global capitalism.
