Santiago Anria
Biographic Data
| ID | 277768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Santiago Anria |
| GIVEN NAMES | Santiago |
| FAMILY NAME | Anria |
| SIGNATURE | ANRIA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dickinson College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3414-6927 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Introduction to special issue: The policy consequences of social movements
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed
This essay examines the rise and fall of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), once a transformative force in Bolivian politics. Rooted in indigenous mobilization, the MAS created unprecedented inclusion and a decade of dominance but succumbed to centralization of power, weakened pluralism, and leadership succession failures. Internal rivalries between Evo Morales and President Luis Arce fragmented the party, undermined governance, and eroded ties…
Social Movements and Policy Entrenchment
A vast scholarship shows that social movements can play pivotal roles in bringing about policies that benefit marginalized groups. However, the role of social movements in entrenching those policies—ensuring they take root—remains insufficiently studied. We set a research agenda for the study of how social movements shape policy entrenchment by calling attention to three commonly used strategies—occupying state bureaucracies, engaging in pressure…
Empowering Inclusion? The Two Sides of Party-Society Linkages in Latin America
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
Participatory Social Policies: Diverging Patterns in Brazil and Bolivia
Bolivia and Brazil have universalized their pension and healthcare systems, respectively. Civil society organizations participated actively in social policy expansion, yet they have done so in starkly different ways, reflecting general patterns in each country. Whereas in Brazil, popular participation in social policies takes place through "inside" formal channels, such as conferences and councils, in Bolivia, bottom-up influence occurs mostly vi…
When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective
Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of movement-based parties, this book shows not only how movements can form parties but also how movements contribute to parties' internal politics and shape organizational party models over the long term. Although the existing literature argues that movement-based parties…
Inside Revolutionary Parties: Coalition-Building and Maintenance in Reformist Bolivia
This article explores the coalitional success of mass-mobilizing, reformist parties once they achieve power. Why are some of these parties more successful than others at managing the potentially conflicting interests of their diverse social bases? We argue that organizational strategies adopted early on matter greatly. The nature of the party’s core constituency, together with the linkage strategies undertaken by party leaders in crafting a coali…
Social Movements and Social Policy: The Bolivian Renta Dignidad
More Inclusion, Less Liberalism in Bolivia
Bolivia under the MAS government of Evo Morales (2006–present) has offered weak protection for liberal rights, politicized the courts, and threatened opponents and the press. While some scholars have characterized Bolivia as nondemocratic, it is best described as “democratic with an adjective”—one that exhibits delegative features, like the dominance of a personalistic leadership and weak horizontal accountability. However, unlike the classic cas…
Democratizing Democracy? Civil Society and Party Organization in Bolivia
The rise to power of movement-based parties is a new and expanding phenomenon.Existing theories predict these parties will become increasingly oligarchic as they govern nationally.The Bolivian MAS deviates from this conventional wisdom, as it has followed a remarkably different organizational trajectory that has facilitated grassroots impact and constrained elite control.Through a within-case comparative examination of MAS, this paper identifies …
Social Movements, Party Organization, and Populism: Insights from the Bolivian MAS
The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) emerged in Bolivia's Chapare region in the 1990s. Born of a rural social movement of coca growers, it spread to the cities and became the country's dominant political force as its leader, Evo Morales, was elected to the presidency in 2005. This article argues that the MAS is a hybrid organization whose electoral success has been contingent on the construction of a strong rural-urban coalition, built on the basi…
Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change
Social Movements, Party Organization, and Populism: Insights from the Bolivian MAS
The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) emerged in Bolivia's Chapare region in the 1990s. Born of a rural social movement of coca growers, it spread to the cities and became the country's dominant political force as its leader, Evo Morales, was elected to the presidency in 2005. This article argues that the MAS is a hybrid organization whose electoral success has been contingent on the construction of a strong rural-urban coalition, built on the basi…
More Inclusion, Less Liberalism in Bolivia
Bolivia under the MAS government of Evo Morales (2006–present) has offered weak protection for liberal rights, politicized the courts, and threatened opponents and the press. While some scholars have characterized Bolivia as nondemocratic, it is best described as “democratic with an adjective”—one that exhibits delegative features, like the dominance of a personalistic leadership and weak horizontal accountability. However, unlike the classic cas…
Inside Revolutionary Parties: Coalition-Building and Maintenance in Reformist Bolivia
This article explores the coalitional success of mass-mobilizing, reformist parties once they achieve power. Why are some of these parties more successful than others at managing the potentially conflicting interests of their diverse social bases? We argue that organizational strategies adopted early on matter greatly. The nature of the party’s core constituency, together with the linkage strategies undertaken by party leaders in crafting a coali…
Social Movements and Social Policy: The Bolivian Renta Dignidad
Democratizing Democracy? Civil Society and Party Organization in Bolivia
The rise to power of movement-based parties is a new and expanding phenomenon.Existing theories predict these parties will become increasingly oligarchic as they govern nationally.The Bolivian MAS deviates from this conventional wisdom, as it has followed a remarkably different organizational trajectory that has facilitated grassroots impact and constrained elite control.Through a within-case comparative examination of MAS, this paper identifies …
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
Participatory Social Policies: Diverging Patterns in Brazil and Bolivia
Bolivia and Brazil have universalized their pension and healthcare systems, respectively. Civil society organizations participated actively in social policy expansion, yet they have done so in starkly different ways, reflecting general patterns in each country. Whereas in Brazil, popular participation in social policies takes place through "inside" formal channels, such as conferences and councils, in Bolivia, bottom-up influence occurs mostly vi…
Social Movements and Policy Entrenchment
A vast scholarship shows that social movements can play pivotal roles in bringing about policies that benefit marginalized groups. However, the role of social movements in entrenching those policies—ensuring they take root—remains insufficiently studied. We set a research agenda for the study of how social movements shape policy entrenchment by calling attention to three commonly used strategies—occupying state bureaucracies, engaging in pressure…
Latin America’s Left Turns: Politics, Policies, and Trajectories of Change
Social Movements, Party Organization, and Populism: Insights from the Bolivian MAS
The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) emerged in Bolivia's Chapare region in the 1990s. Born of a rural social movement of coca growers, it spread to the cities and became the country's dominant political force as its leader, Evo Morales, was elected to the presidency in 2005. This article argues that the MAS is a hybrid organization whose electoral success has been contingent on the construction of a strong rural-urban coalition, built on the basi…
Social Movements and Social Policy: The Bolivian Renta Dignidad
More Inclusion, Less Liberalism in Bolivia
Bolivia under the MAS government of Evo Morales (2006–present) has offered weak protection for liberal rights, politicized the courts, and threatened opponents and the press. While some scholars have characterized Bolivia as nondemocratic, it is best described as “democratic with an adjective”—one that exhibits delegative features, like the dominance of a personalistic leadership and weak horizontal accountability. However, unlike the classic cas…
Democratizing Democracy? Civil Society and Party Organization in Bolivia
The rise to power of movement-based parties is a new and expanding phenomenon.Existing theories predict these parties will become increasingly oligarchic as they govern nationally.The Bolivian MAS deviates from this conventional wisdom, as it has followed a remarkably different organizational trajectory that has facilitated grassroots impact and constrained elite control.Through a within-case comparative examination of MAS, this paper identifies …
Inside Revolutionary Parties: Coalition-Building and Maintenance in Reformist Bolivia
This article explores the coalitional success of mass-mobilizing, reformist parties once they achieve power. Why are some of these parties more successful than others at managing the potentially conflicting interests of their diverse social bases? We argue that organizational strategies adopted early on matter greatly. The nature of the party’s core constituency, together with the linkage strategies undertaken by party leaders in crafting a coali…
When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective
Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of movement-based parties, this book shows not only how movements can form parties but also how movements contribute to parties' internal politics and shape organizational party models over the long term. Although the existing literature argues that movement-based parties…
Participatory Social Policies: Diverging Patterns in Brazil and Bolivia
Bolivia and Brazil have universalized their pension and healthcare systems, respectively. Civil society organizations participated actively in social policy expansion, yet they have done so in starkly different ways, reflecting general patterns in each country. Whereas in Brazil, popular participation in social policies takes place through "inside" formal channels, such as conferences and councils, in Bolivia, bottom-up influence occurs mostly vi…
Empowering Inclusion? The Two Sides of Party-Society Linkages in Latin America
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
Social Movements and Policy Entrenchment
A vast scholarship shows that social movements can play pivotal roles in bringing about policies that benefit marginalized groups. However, the role of social movements in entrenching those policies—ensuring they take root—remains insufficiently studied. We set a research agenda for the study of how social movements shape policy entrenchment by calling attention to three commonly used strategies—occupying state bureaucracies, engaging in pressure…
Why Bolivia's MAS Collapsed
This essay examines the rise and fall of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), once a transformative force in Bolivian politics. Rooted in indigenous mobilization, the MAS created unprecedented inclusion and a decade of dominance but succumbed to centralization of power, weakened pluralism, and leadership succession failures. Internal rivalries between Evo Morales and President Luis Arce fragmented the party, undermined governance, and eroded ties…
Introduction to special issue: The policy consequences of social movements
Political science (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Social movement (6 works) · Latin Americans (5 works)