Abstract

SALMAN, Ton. Between protest and government: Social movements in Bolivia in the era of the MAS. Tinkazos [online]. 2011, vol.14, n.29, pp.21-44. ISSN 1990-7451.

The MAS isboth a party and a movement, a politicalinstrumentthatbringstogetherthedemands and agendas of a widerange of social movements in Bolivia. In thisarticletheauthoranalyzesrelationsbetweenthepart of themovementthat has taken office in government and thepartthat has continuedto lobby fortheinterests of itsgrassrootsmembers. Thequestionthatthreadsthroughthearticleis: Howdidtherift open up betweenthe MAS and itsconstituent social movements?

Keywords : social movements ; governance; politicalinstitutionality; democraticinstitutionality; social demands; electoral mandate; autonomy; politicallife; mas electionvictory.

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