Plurinational state and indigenous self-determination: plural democracy and identity in Ecuador and Bolivia
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Plurinational state, self-determination, indigenous people, Bolivia, EcuadorAbstract
Ecuador and Bolivia are recognized as plurinational States since 2008 and 2009, respectively. Their new constitutions are the result of constituent processes driven by social mobilizations. In both cases, the demands for plurinational State and indigenous autonomy, understood as territorial self-government, have a long history that obeys to processes of each context. This essay analyzes the practical and conceptual challenges of the plurinational State and indigenous autonomies based on multinationalism and indigenous nationalism. The theoretical scheme of the nation-state that establishes a univocal relationship between nation and self-determination is reconsidered and theoretical proposals on the peaceful coexistence of different nations in a State are reviewed. To achieve this objective, the process of building autonomies in Bolivia and Ecuador is evaluated, paying attention to its political character through the analysis of its performative, experimental and democratic dimensions. This is how their contributions to the debate on State, nation and self-determination and the institutional novelties that arise from indigenous autonomies are evaluated.
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