The Post-Referendum (21F) Situation in Bolivia: Radical Democracy and Institutionalism

Authors

  • Irma Norka Del Aguila Peruvian University of Applied Sciences image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21678/apuntes.98.1553

Keywords:

Populism, leader, hegemony, Bolivia, institutionalism, radical democracy

Abstract

This essay undertakes a discursive analysis of three statements made by former vice-president García Linera in the post-referendum juncture. There, it was assumed, under the indigenist populist theory, that the reelection of President Morales was indispensable as he “sutures” the popular field. In the present essay it is stated that the re-election project as a political imperative implied an antagonistic confrontation that could not be solved in the field of the “political”. A radical heterogeneity, with an extreme dislocation of the institutional “floor” was seen as a minor consideration, subordinated to the advance of the “constituent power”. This essay reflects about the role and value of the institutional order in processes where a struggle for radical democracy was at stake.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2024-07-30

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 98 (2025): Apuntes 98

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2024 Irma Norka Del Aguila

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Apuntes publishes all its articles and reviews under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license with the objective of promoting academic exchange worldwide. Therefore, articles and book reviews can be distributed, edited, amended, etc., as the author sees fit. The only condition is that the name of the author(s) and Apuntes. Revista de Ciencias Sociales (as the publisher) be cited.

How to Cite

Del Aguila, I. N. (2024). The Post-Referendum (21F) Situation in Bolivia: Radical Democracy and Institutionalism. Apuntes. Social Sciences Journal, 52(98). https://doi.org/10.21678/apuntes.98.1553