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New GIGA Working Paper | Collective Voting Decisions in Uru Indigenous Communities, Bolivia

Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: GIGA Working Paper | No. 340 | August 2024. Abstract This article explores the practice of “instructed voting” prevalent among rural Indigenous communities in Bolivia, referring to the taking of collective electoral decisions. It adds to the debate on clientelistic bloc voting by revealing voters’ motives for participating in clientelistic deals, as based on interviews with Uru Indigenous community members and politicians. It shows the ambivalent significance of the practice for the Indigeno...
Author: REGARDS CNRS
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6918090031
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