TY - JOUR
T1 - Bolivia and the paradoxes of democratic consolidation
AU - Salman, A.J.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/35548979476
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U2 - 10.1177/0094582X07308264
DO - 10.1177/0094582X07308264
M3 - Article
SN - 0094-582X
VL - 34
SP - 111
EP - 130
JO - Latin American Perspectives
JF - Latin American Perspectives
IS - 6
ER -
