Abstract

KOMADINA RIMASSA, Jorge. The symbolic strategy of theMovimiento al Socialismo. Tinkazos [online]. 2010, vol.13, suppl.1, pp.167-180. ISSN 1990-7451.

Is the MAS a grouping of social movements, a populist phenomenon or a new indigenous-campesino left-wing movement? How should we categorise the form of collective action developed by the coca-growers’ movement? Is it a political party or a trade union network? What are the ideological and symbolic points of reference that accompany and guide this praxis? In this article, the answers to these questions point to a political movement with a completely new form of collective action.

Keywords : Movimiento al Socialismo; political parties; political ideologies; social movements; political leadership; political movements.