Challenges to intercultural democracy in the Plurinational State of Bolivia

Case study of the Monkoxɨ peoples of Lomerío

Abstract

The adoption of Bolivia’s new political Constitution in 2009 marked the birth of a new plurinational state. One of the most important constitutional changes was a new state system of territorial division that recognises departmental, municipal, regional and indigenous autonomies as new plural forms of political organisation seeking to decentralise decision-making power and the management of public funds, wresting them away from central government. Whereas departmental, municipal and regional autonomy can apply within the pre-2009 territorial division of the state, simply being juxtaposed over former departments, municipalities or regions, indigenous autonomies pose a greater challenge, as they often overlap with more than one municipality or department and therefore necessitate greater institutional and legal changes.

First published in: https://beyonddevelopment.net/challenges-to-intercultural-democracy-in-the-plurinational-state-of-bolivia-case-study-of-the-monkox%c9%a8-peoples-of-lomerio/

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