Federalism as a way to harmonize interests of the Bolivian East and West
Abstract
This article analyses the possibility to apply the institutional model to harmonize the interests of different social groups and to construct a nation-state in Bolivia. By studying the country’s historical development, relationships between its western and eastern parts and the politics of Evo Morales, who was the first president to recognize the need to resolve the ethnic conflict, the author draws the conclusion about the prospects and limitations of the institutionalist model of solving ethno-social conflicts in fragmented societies in general, and in Bolivia in particular.
Keywords
Боливия,
Эво Моралес,
индейцы,
креолы,
сепаратизм,
федерализм,
Bolivia,
Evo Morales,
Indians,
Creoles,
separatism,
federalism
About the Author
Stanislav Kretov
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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