LA ECONOMÍA SOCIAL Y SOLIDARIA EN EL CONSTITUCIONALISMO ANDINO

This article deals with the meaning and scope of the constitucional insertion of the social and solidarity economy, in its current dimensions, in Bolivia and Ecuador, like expression of Andean countries athat decided to regulate the modern manifestation of the social economy in their Federal Constitucions. The paper indicates that the regulations of the social and solidarity economy in the Constitutions of Bolivia and Ecuador, despite the differences between both laws, recognises the connection of this economic alternative with a development tratitional conception that includes principles and values concerning to the cultural identity and the history of the societies of both countries. With a predominantly descriptive character and through a qualitative approach, the constitutional rules in the issue are examined and some interpretations of the authors about the basis and orientations of the social economyh notion containde in the constitutions of both countries are analysed.