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 …

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 …

“Is there a unique mode of development in Latin America, or a great diversity, each country
being different from others? Between these two extreme scientific positions, Ilán Bizberg …

This article critically investigates recent water governance shifts, particularly constitutional
changes implemented in several Latin American countries that highlight a 'right to water'as …

This article applies a multi-scalar approach to examine the dominant human–nature
interactions that underlie recent formalization policies and the (re) configuration of …

This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners:
discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings. Focusing specifically on indigenous …

There have been several important cases of movement-based parties that rose rapidly in
popularity and were able to attain national power in new democracies. Existing theories …

En un contexto en que los golpes de Estado y los gobiernos militares prácticamente han
desaparecido del escenario político en América Latina, el presente artículo busca explicar …

Por lo general, la literatura sobre los partidos políticos en ciencia política se ha centrado en
su rol «pro-democrático», identificándolos como instrumentos esenciales para la …

En el marco de la política prohibicionista global, el Estado boliviano se ha destacado por
desafiar la ortodoxia y revindicar políticas innovadoras en defensa de la hoja de coca y los …