I Domesticating Democracy, Susan Ellison looks at foreign-funded Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) organizations that provide legal aid and conflict resolution tactics to people living in El Alto, Bolivia (Alteños). She examines how ADR does more than simply provide assistance; these programs aim to change the ways Bolivians interact with the state and with global capitalism, making Alteños into self-reliant citizens. It is within this context that ADR cannot be (un)or (de)coupled from the macropolitics of ADR as a tool of democracy promotion and good governance platforms within Bolivia. Ellison is a remarkable ethnographer. While much ethnographic work today relies more on theory and less on structured descriptions, she takes us back to some of the classic ethnographic tales which rely upon the five senses for unpacking social interactions and relationships. For 15 months, Ellison worked inside the foreign-funded legal aid centers and conflict resolution programs, visited criminal courts, and tracked two kinds of aid interventions (the first were ADR programs intended to help the general public and the second was IJCS, which offers pro-bono legal aid services). Ellison spent a great deal of time speaking with practitioners, moving inside and outside spaces of intimate social interactions, and domestic disputes. The book is thematically organized into two parts. In the first, Ellison hones in on the important history, politics, and practices of foreign aid programs in Bolivia. She travels inside the spaces of those who are responsible for implementing these kinds of programs (such as aid workers, development professionals, and volunteers). The second half of the book looks at one center and tries to get at its work with professional staff and interns.

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驯化民主：玻利维亚冲突解决的政治苏珊·海伦·埃里森 (Susan Helen Ellison)

在我的《驯化民主》一书中，苏珊·埃里森着眼于外国资助的替代性争议解决 (ADR) 组织，这些组织为居住在玻利维亚埃尔阿尔托 (Alteños) 的人们提供法律援助和冲突解决策略。她研究了 ADR 如何不仅仅是提供帮助；这些计划旨在改变玻利维亚人与国家和全球资本主义互动的方式，使 Alteños 成为自力更生的公民。正是在这种背景下，ADR 不能与 ADR 的宏观政治（取消）或（脱）耦合，作为玻利维亚境内促进民主和善治平台的工具。埃里森是一位杰出的民族志学者。虽然今天的许多民族志工作更多地依赖于理论而不是结构化的描述，她带我们回到一些经典的民族志故事，这些故事依靠五种感官来解开社会互动和关系。在 15 个月的时间里，埃里森在外资法律援助中心和冲突解决项目内工作，访问刑事法庭，并跟踪两种援助干预（第一种是旨在帮助公众的 ADR 项目，第二种是 IJCS，它提供无偿法律援助服务）。埃里森花了大量时间与从业者交谈，在亲密社交互动的空间内外移动，以及家庭纠纷。本书按主题分为两部分。首先，埃里森深入探讨了玻利维亚对外援助计划的重要历史、政治和实践。她在负责实施此类计划的人员（例如援助工作者、发展专业人员和志愿者）的空间内穿梭。本书的后半部分着眼于一个中心，并试图与专业人员和实习生一起开展工作。