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Bolivia’s Institutional Transformation: Contact Zones, Social Movements, and the Emergence of an Ethnic Class Consciousness

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  • Natalia Bracarense
  • Karol Gil-Vasquez

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Over the past two decades, development economics has experienced a shift in focus from standard neoclassical analysis to institutions. While studying economic institutions is indeed important, evaluating their transformation and embeddedness is equally crucial for understanding and improving human wellbeing, especially in countries where market institutions are not fully developed. With that perspective in mind, we consider the importance of culture in the evolution of institutions in Bolivia by combining the concept of contact zones with old institutional economics (OIE). Contact zones refer to daily interactions in social spaces where culture and class meet and negotiate with each other. The contact zone between Bolivians and post-WWII development policies surfaced as an Andean collective memory, allowing for a possibility of social and political autonomy through the creation of an alternative to development, El Buen Vivir.

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  • Natalia Bracarense & Karol Gil-Vasquez, 2018. "Bolivia’s Institutional Transformation: Contact Zones, Social Movements, and the Emergence of an Ethnic Class Consciousness," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(3), pages 615-636, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:52:y:2018:i:3:p:615-636
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2018.1495986
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    1. Kommandeur, Querine & Alenda-Demoutiez, Juliette & Kaufmann, Maria & Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid, 2025. "Varieties of Anticapitalism: A systematic study of transformation strategies in alternative economic discourses," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).

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