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Domingo, Pilar – Social Forces, 2005
The forced resignation of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada from the presidency in October 2003 attests to the fragility of the process of democratization in Bolivia. A period of political and economic stability following the 1985 economic austerity measures prevailed for over ten years, but social discontent with the inadequacies of the political and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Social Change, Politics
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Alcantara, Manual – Social Forces, 2005
This article discusses the existing relationships between politics and society at the start of the twenty-first century in Latin America, a region that is characterized by its heterogeneity, and that is addressed as a homogenous whole. Politics are treated as an extension of democracy, the changing role of institutions, the weakness of political…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Educational History
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Del Campo, Esther – Social Forces, 2005
This article attempts to offer a general panorama of some issues related to political representation of women in Latin America. Specifically, it analyzes the advances made in the representation of women in politics during the 1990s. It offers a descriptive analysis of national cases in Latin America from an institutional focus. In spite of the…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Politics, Females