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'Redes políticas´y procesos de democratización
The study looks at the State-social movements relation under the administration of Evo Morales in Bolivia and its impact on the process of democratization. It questions the State-society dichotomy and suggests a network analysis that enables a more integrated and ‘dialectical’ view. It shows that social movements are the most important political actors under the Morales administration. The network analysis shows how State and social actors interact in ‘political networks’ that are articulated around specific issues and that are constantly changing. As such the manner of relation does not answer to fixed patterns of ‘autonomy’ or ‘co-optation’ –traditional categories for the assessment of the relation between State and social movements. The study shows that the ‘political networks’ also include other actors that influence the relation. Two are analyzed: the national NGOs and the media. The dissertation concludes that the ‘political networks’ are...
Show moreThe study looks at the State-social movements relation under the administration of Evo Morales in Bolivia and its impact on the process of democratization. It questions the State-society dichotomy and suggests a network analysis that enables a more integrated and ‘dialectical’ view. It shows that social movements are the most important political actors under the Morales administration. The network analysis shows how State and social actors interact in ‘political networks’ that are articulated around specific issues and that are constantly changing. As such the manner of relation does not answer to fixed patterns of ‘autonomy’ or ‘co-optation’ –traditional categories for the assessment of the relation between State and social movements. The study shows that the ‘political networks’ also include other actors that influence the relation. Two are analyzed: the national NGOs and the media. The dissertation concludes that the ‘political networks’ are decisive for the political process under the Morales administration; that social leaders in political posts are key in mediating the State-society relation, explaining the preponderance of the figure of Morales; and that the prominence of social movements in the political arena, aside some points of concern, has been positive for a process of democratization in the Andean country.
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- Valdivia Rivera, S.
- Supervisor
- Silva, P.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Institute for History , Faculty of Humanities , Leiden University
- Date
- 2014-09-23
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- Sponsorship
- NWO