Plurinationalism from Below

A decade and a half after the heyday of the pink tide and the constituent processes in Ecuador and Bolivia, many have reflected on efforts to build plurinational states, particularly in these two countries. For many, the lofty promises of a top-down plurinationalism remain outstanding. This issue of the NACLA Report explores how plurinational politics are organized and articulated at the margins of state power. This plurinationalism from below suggests not only that the plurinational state remains an unfinished project, but also that plurinational politics continue to evolve toward new forms of engagement within and between the state and social movements.

Read the full editors' introduction to this issue.