New Institutions of Indigenous Self-Governance in Bolivia: Between Autonomy and Self-Discipline
@article{Tockman2015NewIO, title={New Institutions of Indigenous Self-Governance in Bolivia: Between Autonomy and Self-Discipline}, author={Jason Tockman and John I. Cameron and Wilfredo Plata}, journal={Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies}, year={2015}, volume={10}, pages={37 - 59} }
This article analyzes the novel legal and policy framework for indigenous autonomy in Bolivia since the approval of the 2009 Constitution, with a focus on the specific contents of the country’s first five approved statutes of indigenous autonomy. The statutes not only appear to internalize Bolivia’s restrictive framework for indigenous autonomy, but also reveal internal tensions between liberal principles and the supposed norms of indigenous self-governance, thereby challenging common…
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