Atlas / Organisations / Movement for Socialism
Movement for Socialism
MAS, Evo Morales · 1998– · Bolivia · Indigenous Socialist · Held state power · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
Indigenous majority representation, resource nationalism and a plurinational constitution, under a movement fused with a leader.
Economic model
Nationalised gas and lithium, large poverty reduction, macroeconomic stability then a currency crisis.
Organisation of powers
Constitution rewritten to permit re-election, term limits then overridden by court ruling, the 2019 crisis and the 2020 restoration by election.
Reading note
Reduced extreme poverty by more than half while removing the term limits it had itself written. Both belong in the record.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06
Coded −6: gas nationalisation funding a large reduction in poverty.
- Comparative datasetHydrocarbons were nationalised in 2006; extreme poverty fell from 38% to around 15% by 2018.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −02
Coded −2: indigenous cultural recognition alongside a socially conservative legal code.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2009 constitution recognised 36 indigenous nations and indigenous justice systems.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +05
Coded +5: term limits removed by court after being rejected by referendum.
- Documented act or statuteA 2016 referendum rejected indefinite re-election; the constitutional court authorised it anyway in 2017.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +04
Coded +4: a plurinational state with indigenous autonomy statutes.
- Documented act or statuteThe constitution provides for indigenous autonomous territories, of which a handful have been created.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +03
Coded +3: a plurinational state built on indigenous majority representation.
- Documented act or statuteThe constitution establishes indigenous autonomy and reserved representation.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +01
Coded +1: electoral, with a contested 2019 crisis and a 2020 restoration.
- Documented act or statuteThe party returned to office by election in 2020 after the 2019 resignation and interim government.
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Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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