La ciencia política en Bolivia: entre la reforma política y la crisis de la democracia

  • Varnoux Garay M
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Abstract Political science in Bolivia initiated its organization and formal development with the recovery of democracy in 1982. Since 1993, in addition to those political scientists educated in Europe and Mexico, a small group of locally graduated political scientists from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés has played a significant role designing the reforms to the political system. Nonetheless, as a result of deep social conflicts, the country has institutionally moved backwards and the discipline must return its focus to the basics, such as the revalorisation of the democratic system. Also, the organizations that agglutinate political scientists are very new; therfore, these are forced to first consolidate as institutions in order to develop other activities including a broader agenda in the discipline. Resumen La ciencia política en Bolivia inicia su organización y desarrollo formal con la recuperación de la democracia en 1982. Al grupo de cientistas políticos formados en Europa y México, se suma un pequeño grupo graduado en la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés que tendrá un papel significativo en el diseño de las reformas al sistema político desde 1993. A raíz de los grandes conflictos sociales, el país ha retrocedido institucionalmente y la disciplina debe volver su mirada a temas básicos, como el de la revalorización del sistema democrático. Asimismo, las organizaciones que aglutinan a los profesionales en ciencia política son muy nuevas, lo que les obliga primero a consolidarse como tales para desarrollar otro tipo de actividades.

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Varnoux Garay, M. (2005). La ciencia política en Bolivia: entre la reforma política y la crisis de la democracia. Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago), 25(1). https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2005000100006

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