From 2000 to 2010, Bolivia and Peru underwent similar processes of political decentralization toward the meso level of the government. Three elections later in Peru and two in Bolivia, the ability of national political parties to articulate interests differs markedly between the two countries. Peru tends toward fragmentation with national parties incapable of participating or successfully competing in subnational elections, while in Bolivia, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) – and other parties to a lesser extent – are increasingly capable of participating and winning subnational offices. This paper argues that, despite having undergone very similar institutional reforms, the difference between the cases can largely be explained by two “so...
Efforts to promote decentralization have spread globally in response to pressures to better address...
In 1994 Bolivia passed one of the most comprehensive political decentralization reforms in Latin Ame...
This article aims to analyze and contextualize the allegedly deteriorated relationship between the s...
From 2000 to 2010, Bolivia and Peru underwent similar processes of political decentralization toward...
From 2000 to 2010, Bolivia and Peru underwent similar processes of political decentralization toward...
The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation,...
This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decent...
This article analyzes the Bolivian political party system from 1985 to 2005. Its purpose is to explo...
In this study the processes of neo-constitutionalism and participatory democracy in Bolivia, Ecuador...
Since the late eighties, the Andean countries have undergone decentralization processes which, in so...
This study places Bolivia in comparative perspective and seeks to explain the country’s unexpected t...
The regimes of Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa undermine contestation while simultaneous...
We analyze recent developments in Bolivia’s politics through the lens of political cleavage theory, ...
Since the electoral victory of Evo Morales and his Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) in December 2005, ...
The 1990s witnessed the widespread formation of political parties organized around indigenous identi...
Efforts to promote decentralization have spread globally in response to pressures to better address...
In 1994 Bolivia passed one of the most comprehensive political decentralization reforms in Latin Ame...
This article aims to analyze and contextualize the allegedly deteriorated relationship between the s...
From 2000 to 2010, Bolivia and Peru underwent similar processes of political decentralization toward...
From 2000 to 2010, Bolivia and Peru underwent similar processes of political decentralization toward...
The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation,...
This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decent...
This article analyzes the Bolivian political party system from 1985 to 2005. Its purpose is to explo...
In this study the processes of neo-constitutionalism and participatory democracy in Bolivia, Ecuador...
Since the late eighties, the Andean countries have undergone decentralization processes which, in so...
This study places Bolivia in comparative perspective and seeks to explain the country’s unexpected t...
The regimes of Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, and Rafael Correa undermine contestation while simultaneous...
We analyze recent developments in Bolivia’s politics through the lens of political cleavage theory, ...
Since the electoral victory of Evo Morales and his Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) in December 2005, ...
The 1990s witnessed the widespread formation of political parties organized around indigenous identi...
Efforts to promote decentralization have spread globally in response to pressures to better address...
In 1994 Bolivia passed one of the most comprehensive political decentralization reforms in Latin Ame...
This article aims to analyze and contextualize the allegedly deteriorated relationship between the s...