I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics it unleashed in the much-noted case of Bolivia and … only decentralization, but also democracy, from the bottom up. Beginning with Bolivia, I explore the deep economic and … performance, and hence of Bolivia's overall decentralization success. I then test these ideas using qualitative data from …

policy dimensions. We examine detailed evidence from decentralization in Bolivia and Pakistan, and explain very different …

For 50 years Bolivia's political party system was a surprisingly robust component of an otherwise fragile democracy … nation's politics from a typical 20th century, left-right axis of competition deeply unsuited to a society like Bolivia, to … new indigenous political class. Decentralization was the trigger - not the cause - that made Bolivia's latent cleavage …

experience of Bolivia, where politics was much less institutionalized than the West, allowing disintegration and realignment to …-down, ultimately directionless triumph of social media. Morales transformed Bolivia. Trump will likely destroy much but build little. …

We analyze recent developments in Bolivia's politics through the lens of political cleavage theory, in particular … cleavage displacement. Bolivia's current party system is characterized by a stable and dominant MAS at one end of the spectrum … Bolivia's current politics, and explore emerging or changing generational, ethnic, urban-rural, regional, class, and religious …