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Bolivia's New Constitution: Towards Participatory Democracy and Political Pluralism?
Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut - 2010
In Bolivia, rights to increased political participation and the recognition of indigenous political systems are … interrelated. The new constitution of 2009, a prime example of the 'new Andean constitutionalism', defines Bolivia as a … society considerably and whether a new democratic model is being established in Bolivia. I argue that there are many limiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285663
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Democratizing Resource Governance through Prior Consultations? Lessons from Bolivia's Hydrocarbon Sector
Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut - 2012
has played a crucial role. Based on the empirical study of several consultation processes in Bolivia's hydrocarbon sector … consultations in plurinational Bolivia are taken into account, the study also draws general conclusions for similar processes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286253
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Contestations over Indigenous Participation in Bolivia's Extractive Industry: Ideology, Practices, and Legal Norms
Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut - 2014
Guaraníes' participation in Bolivia's gas sector, this study finds that competing claims regarding territory, property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421316
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Culture and human capital investments: evidence of an unconditional cash transfer program in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica - 2008
in Bolivia to study the intra-household income allocation process towards children's educational expenditure by ethnicity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268628
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Explaining constitutional change: The case of judicial independence
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2012
This paper studies the factors driving changes in judicial independence (JI) as incorporated in constitutions. Two indicators of constitutionally safeguarded JI are constructed. Variations in these indicators are identified based on changes in the constitutions of as many as 100 countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294365
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Determinants of constitutional change: Why do countries change their form of governments?
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2010
A country's form of government has important economic and political consequences, but the determinants that lead countries to choose either parliamentary or presidential systems are largely unexplored. This paper studies this choice by analyzing the factors that make countries switch from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270500
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The economic argument for constitutional reform
Sicat, Gerardo P. - 2005
The Philippines requires the revision of the economic provisions of the Constitution if it is to become a major recipient of foreign investment flows like other high growth economies in East Asia. These economic provisions were adopted in 1935 and have helped to reduce the country's ability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275078
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A federal structure is costly and does not guarantee progress
Sicat, Gerardo P. - 2005
The paper discusses the suitability of the federal form of government as a replacement for the centralized structure of government in the context of Philippine economic and political conditions. The answer is depicted in the title of the essay. In providing a review of the main question,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275105
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Endogenous constitutions: Politics and politicians matter, economic outcomes don't
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2010
We study changes in the form of government as an example of endogenously determined constitutions. For a sample of 202 countries over the period 1950-2006, we find that most changes are relatively small and roughly equally likely to be either in the direction of more parliamentarian or more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286373
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Determinants of constitutional change: Why do countries change their form of government?
Hayo, Bernd; Voigt, Stefan - 2010
A country's form of government has important economic and political consequences, but the determinants that lead societies to choose either parliamentary or presidential systems are largely unexplored. This paper studies this choice by analyzing the factors that make countries switch from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286401