@conference {2003,
	title = {Economic growth and socio-ecological struggles in Bolivia},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {Bolivia registers internationally sensational economic growth rates. From 1998 to 2005 the Gross National Product increased by 2.9\%, from 2006 to 2009 by 5\%, and in 2013 by an estimated 6.5\%. Though economic growth is linked to new socio-political measures, economic growth also {\textendash} as is the main argument of my contribution {\textendash} goes along with severe socio-ecological implications for the society as a whole, intensifies existing power relations and (re)produces societal tensions. In my contribution, I will first show the material base of economic growth through an analysis of the fiscal base of the state {\textendash} here I choose the state economy and not the GNP as an indicator, because current tensions arise especially in the context of state acting. I will highlight the significance of natural resources, particularly the natural gas and mining sector. Then I will specify the socio-ecological consequences, power relations and societal tensions they imply.},
	author = {Isabella Radhuber}
}
