Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaBolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project
Bolivia is closing a chapter of its recent political history, one in which the Constituent Assembly has achieved little more than accentuating the existing structural problems in society. A constitutional project with a philosophy grounded in the multiethnic nature of society and the collective aspi...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2008
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| author | Zalles, Alberto |
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| description | Bolivia is closing a chapter of its recent political history, one in which the Constituent Assembly has achieved little more than accentuating the existing structural problems in society. A constitutional project with a philosophy grounded in the multiethnic nature of society and the collective aspirations towards social justice, has been unable to forge either a national pact or a simple plan to move towards a new form of state institutionalization. The political change heralded so far has been hampered by the centralist decision-making practices of the MAS (Movement Towards Socialism), the strategic ineffectiveness of the political operators and the excessive foreign policy dependency. In spite of the turbulent domestic setting, the Bolivian crisis could be tempered by the positive constellation of external regional factors. Brazil, an emerging power, followed by both Argentina and Chile, look likely to consolidate a region that is free of conflict in the Southern Cone. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-12802024-04-23T18:26:01Z Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project Bolivia: hundimiento de la Asamblea Constituyente y naufragio del proyecto de Constitución Zalles, Alberto political crisis Constituent Assembly political movements Bolivia crisis política Asamblea Constituyente movimientos políticos Bolivia Bolivia is closing a chapter of its recent political history, one in which the Constituent Assembly has achieved little more than accentuating the existing structural problems in society. A constitutional project with a philosophy grounded in the multiethnic nature of society and the collective aspirations towards social justice, has been unable to forge either a national pact or a simple plan to move towards a new form of state institutionalization. The political change heralded so far has been hampered by the centralist decision-making practices of the MAS (Movement Towards Socialism), the strategic ineffectiveness of the political operators and the excessive foreign policy dependency. In spite of the turbulent domestic setting, the Bolivian crisis could be tempered by the positive constellation of external regional factors. Brazil, an emerging power, followed by both Argentina and Chile, look likely to consolidate a region that is free of conflict in the Southern Cone. Bolivia cierra una coyuntura en el cual la Asamblea Constituyente no sirvió sino para acentuarlos problemas estructurales de la sociedad. Un nuevo proyecto de Constitución, cuya filosofía reivindica el carácter multiétnico de la sociedad y la aspiración colectiva de justicia social, no ha podido lograr la forma de un pacto social nacional ni una formulación sencilla favorable a la construcción de un nuevo Estado. Los cambios anunciados están trabados por el centralismo que el MAS ejerce en la toma de decisiones, por la ineficacia táctica de sus operadores políticos y por la dependencia de su política internacional. A pesar de un escenario interior conflictivo, la crisis boliviana podría atemperarse gracias a la influencia de los factores externos regionales: Brasil, potencia emergente, secundado por Argentina y Chile aspiran consolidar una zona libre de conflictos en el Cono Sur. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2008-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1280 10.17141/iconos.32.2008.1280 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 32 (2008): Dossier: Lo público: Estado y sociedad civil en América Latina; 145-153 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 32 (2008): Dossier: Lo público: Estado y sociedad civil en América Latina; 145-153 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 32 (2008): Dossier: The public: State and civil society in Latin America; 145-153 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1280/1151 Derechos de autor 2008 Alberto Zalles https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Zalles, Alberto Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title | Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title_full | Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title_fullStr | Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title_short | Bolivia: the sinking of the Constituent Assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| title_sort | bolivia: the sinking of the constituent assembly and the collapse of the constitutional project |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1280 |