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 …

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 …For 50 years Bolivia's political party system was a surprisingly robust component of an otherwise fragile democracy …

administrative decentralization. Overall the decentralization process in Bolivia can be seen as an important step towards … October 2003 show, the decentralization laws alone didn?t solve the economic and social problems in Bolivia. …This discussion paper looks at the Bolivian decentralization model. The objective of Bolivian decentralization is to …