"A resistir la conquista". Armed citizens in partisan quarrelling for revolution in Bolivia, 1839-1842

This article analyzes whether political violence and constitutional legality were democratically compatible in Bolivia, during the period between “La Revolucion Conservadora” (1839) and “La Batalla de Ingavi” (1841). First of all, special attention will be paid to the public practice of the right to...

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Autor principal: Irurozqui, Marta
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2015
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Sumario:This article analyzes whether political violence and constitutional legality were democratically compatible in Bolivia, during the period between “La Revolucion Conservadora” (1839) and “La Batalla de Ingavi” (1841). First of all, special attention will be paid to the public practice of the right to take up arms, and to the institutionalization of levels of authority through revolutionary actions. In addition, this article studies the principle of “armed citizenship” and its role in the dispute between the citizenship and the Army on a key question: the legitimate management and control of violence. On the other hand, this work explores political conflict over models of  National State and the distribution of authority in order to examine political disputes around the “legitimacy of the revolutionary act”.