Assessing the left turn in Ecuador / Francisco Sánchez, Simón Pachano, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pachano, Simón, editor.

Sánchez, Francisco, editor.

Series:

Studies of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Ecuador--History--20th century.

Political parties.

Politics and government.

History.

Ecuador--Politics and government--21st century.

Ecuador.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

"This book examines the “left turn” in Latin American politics, specifically through the lens of Ecuador and the effects of the Citizens' Revolution's actions and public policies on relevant actors and institutions. Through a comprehensive analysis of one country's turn to the left and the outcomes generated by that process, the authors and editors provide a clearer understanding of the ways in which the popular desire for change (predominant through the region in recent times, as a response to late-twentieth-century neoliberalism) was realized-or not. The particular case of Ecuador further potentiates analysis of the entire region-wide process, considering that the “corrector” cycle is now at an end, and that the economic and international conditions that favored the return of left governments have also changed." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Francisco Sánchez and Simón Pachano

Reshaping the state: The unitary executive presidency of Rafael Correa / John Polga-Hecimovich

“La patria ya es de todos:” pilgrimages, charisma, territory, and the return of the state / Felipe Burbano de Lara

State-organized crime: a hypothesis on the institutionalization of corruption during the Revolución Ciudadana / César Montúfar

Rafael Correa's technopopulism in comparative perspective / Carlos Torre

A revolution with a female face? Gender debates and policies during Rafael Correa's government / Marcela Morales Hidalgo

Intellectuals, NGOs, and social movements under the Correa regime: collaborations and estrangements / Carmen Martínez Novo

The macroeconomics of the commodities boom in Ecuador: a comparative perspective / Augusto de la Torre, Simón Sueva and María Alexandra Castellanos-Vasconez

Understanding Ecuador's growth prospects in the aftermath of the citizens' revolution / Matias Bayas-Erazo

The political management of the oil bonanza during Correa's government / Andrés Mejía Acosta and Vicente Albornoz

Buen Vivir: a reference for public policies and development in Ecuador and the governments of the Latin American left / Antonio Luis Hidalgo-Capitán and Ana Patricia Cubillo-Guevara

Educational policy in Ecuador during the citizens' revolution / Juan Ponce Jarrín

Far from becoming the jaguar of Latin America: the Ecuadorian science, technology and innovation policy turn / María Belén Albornoz

Rafael Correa's foreign policy paradox: discursive sovereignty, practical dependency / Grace Jaramillo

Conclusions: assessing the left turn in Latin America-10 years of the Correa administration in Ecuador / Francisco Sánchez and Simón Pachano.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 373).

ISBN:

3030276244

9783030276249

OCLC:

1107560235