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Decentralisation or Recentralisation in Bolivia? Autonomous Territorial Entities and Intergovernmental Relations in a Decentralised State

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  • Esther Campo

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM))

  • Manuel Sánchez Reinón

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM))

Abstract

The demand for regional autonomy, which crystallised in the 1990s during municipal decentralisation, has profoundly marked Bolivia’s political history. This article examines the reorientation of the autonomic model since the 2009 Constitution. This “recentralisation” is explained by: (a) the political hegemony achieved by the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) and its consequences for local politics; (b) regulatory centralism, especially in the Ley Marco de Autonomías y Descentralización (Autonomy and Decentralisation Law); (c) fiscal inequality in the financing of the different Autonomous Territorial Entities; and (d) the malfunctioning of the model of intergovernmental relations.

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  • Esther Campo & Manuel Sánchez Reinón, 2023. "Decentralisation or Recentralisation in Bolivia? Autonomous Territorial Entities and Intergovernmental Relations in a Decentralised State," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 1001-1016, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:porgrv:v:23:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s11115-022-00653-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s11115-022-00653-6
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    1. Rocabado, Carlos, 2017. "Escenarios de negociación intergubernamental: intereses partidarios y territoriales en los procesos de descentralización fiscal en Bolivia y Ecuador," Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Economico, Carrera de Economía de la Universidad Católica Boliviana (UCB) "San Pablo", issue 28, pages 83-118, December.
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