Brown, John
(2020)
Party-Base Linkages and Contestatory
Mobilization in Bolivia’s El Alto
Subduing the Ciudad Rebelde.
Latin American Perspectives, 47 (4).
pp. 40-57.
ISSN 0094-582X
Abstract
Confrontations between Evo Morales’s Movement toward Socialism (MAS)-led government and sectors of his original support base have raised concerns regarding Bolivia’s
“process of change.” An empirical analysis of the Regional Workers’ Union and the
Federation of Neighborhood Associations in El Alto reveals that extensive and intensive
linkages forged between the MAS and its base during confrontations with conservative
forces weakened their contestatory efforts and fostered internal splits that the MAS and
the right-wing Unidad Nacional (UN) parties actively promoted. The upshot was the
emergence of two versions of each organization that existed side-by-side, one aligned with
the MAS, the other with UN, and the capacity of the base to hold the government to
popular demands was greatly diminished.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Left parties; Popular organizations; Mobilization capacity; Parallelism; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
16337 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X20918608 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. John Brown
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Jul 2022 13:36 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Latin American Perspectives |
| Publisher: |
Sage Journals |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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