Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia

This article examines an institution which is central to sustaining racist, classist and patriarchal differentiated citizenship in Bolivia: obligatory military service. Through an analysis of the parliamentary debates that took place throughout 2008, during the first term in office of the governing...

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Main Author: Marta Cabezas Fernández
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2015-05-01
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Online Access:http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1671/1299
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spelling doaj-art-5a64787b338c47f59d0eb8623daf4fc52025-02-02T12:47:58ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12491390-12492015-05-011952435710.1714/iconos.52.2015.1671Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary BoliviaMarta Cabezas Fernández 0Doctora en Antropología. Profesora investigadora, Instituto Nacional de Altos Estudios Nacionales, EcuadorThis article examines an institution which is central to sustaining racist, classist and patriarchal differentiated citizenship in Bolivia: obligatory military service. Through an analysis of the parliamentary debates that took place throughout 2008, during the first term in office of the governing Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, this research reveals the effectiveness of the state legislation mandating obligatory military service in legitimizing and naturalizing processes of domination.http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1671/1299military servicecivilizing stateparliamentary debatelegislationdifferentiated citizendifferentiated citizenshipMovement toward Socialismdecolonization
spellingShingle Marta Cabezas Fernández
Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
Íconos
military service
civilizing state
parliamentary debate
legislation
differentiated citizen
differentiated citizenship
Movement toward Socialism
decolonization
title Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
title_full Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
title_fullStr Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
title_full_unstemmed Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
title_short Citizenship and the State. Obligatory Military Service in Contemporary Bolivia
title_sort citizenship and the state obligatory military service in contemporary bolivia
topic military service
civilizing state
parliamentary debate
legislation
differentiated citizen
differentiated citizenship
Movement toward Socialism
decolonization
url http://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/1671/1299
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