Bolivia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture
Published on 1. August 2009
172 pages
978-1-78702-019-1 (ISBN)
Description
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include: * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * dos, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken
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Content
- Front Cover
- Front Flip
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Contents
- Map of Bolivia
- Introduction
- Key Facts
- Chapter 1: Land and People
- Geography
- Climate
- People
- A Brief History
- Bolivia Today
- Chapter 2: Values and Attitudes
- Family
- What's in a Name?
- Ethnicity, Class, and "Caste"
- Machismo and Gender Relations
- Solidarity and Support
- Work Ethic and Attitudes to Time
- Attitudes to Foreigners
- Regionalism
- Attitudes to the Law
- Bureaucracy
- Chapter 3: Religion, Customs, and Traditions
- Organized Religion
- Spiritual Traditions
- Festivals and Holidays
- Carnival in Oruro
- Carnival Dances
- Other Traditional and Modern Dances
- Chapter 4: Making Friends
- Friendship in Bolivia
- First Meetings
- Invitations Home
- Timekeeping
- Personal and Social Behavior
- Expatriate Associations
- Humor and Conversation
- A Female Perspective
- Chapter 5: The Bolivians at Home
- Housing
- Children
- Education
- Military Service
- Marriage
- Work and the Daily Round
- Chapter 6: Time Out
- Eating and Drinking
- Dining Out
- Street and Market Stalls
- Money and Banking
- What to Buy
- Entertainment
- Literature and Film
- Outdoor Activities
- Chapter 7: Travel, Health, and Safety
- Getting Around
- Where to Stay
- Health
- Safety
- Main Tourist Attractions
- Chapter 8: Business Briefing
- The Business Culture
- Meetings
- Presentations
- Negotiations
- Contracts
- Business Entertainment
- Corruption
- Bureaucracy
- Women in Business
- Chapter 9: Communicating
- Regional Spanish and Bolivianismos
- Greetings and Good Manners
- Polite Forms of Address
- Body Language
- The Media
- Telephones
- Internet
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Useful Web Sites
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Back Flip
- Back Cover
