The State in Transition

Power Bloc and Point of Bifurcation

Bibliographic Data

ID4500255
AuthorsÁlvaro García Linera (0000-0001-7744-8581, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume37
Issue4
Pages34-47
Publication date2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0094582x10370175
OpenAlexW2109602356
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited1

The Bolivian state, viewed as a correlation of political forces, a mechanism for institutionalization, and a shared idea that guarantees moral consensus between governors and governed, is undergoing structural change. The coalition that achieved power with the 2005 elections differs in class and ethnicity from the previous power bloc, and as a result there is a gap in communication and a high level of societal conflict. To stabilize its power, the new power bloc has incorporated the armed forces into its project, nationalized the country's natural resources and invested the new revenues in public works, and developed the nucleus of a new symbolic discourse. It is the political system-its hierarchies, leadership, alliances, and procedures-that is still contested. The bifurcation point of the process-the moment when disorder becomes order-has not yet been reached but may be closer than it appears

Economic system · Economics · Institutionalisation · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America

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