Abstract
In Bolivia from the 1990s on, two presidents were ousted by popular protests, and protests were rampant. The protests expressed a growing discontent not only with successive administrations and their policies but with politics itself. The polity failed to built trust in democracy, ignored or repressed protests, and thus contributed to a process of democratic "deconsolidation." The main factors were corruption and the reluctance of the traditional political parties to discuss the neoliberal economic model. As a result, the current administration of Evo Morales faces two challenges: to change economic policies and to repair the support for democracy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 111-130 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Latin American Perspectives |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2007 |