Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador

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 realizedor 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.

Acts as the first text published in English to assess the Latin American left turn with Ecuador as the main reference Analyzes the political action as a whole, including social, economic and political elements from institutional and public policies perspectives Provides 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-20th century neoliberalism) was realized or not

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Francisco Sánchez is Director of the Instituto de Iberoamérica and Associate Professor of Political Science, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
Simón Pachano is Professor-Researcher of Political Science at FLACSO Ecuador, Ecuador.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Reshaping the State: The Unitary Executive Presidency of Rafael Correa.- Chapter 3 La patria ya es de todos: Pilgrimages, Charisma, Territory, and the Return of the State.- Chapter 4 State-organized crime: An hypothesis on the institutionalization of corruption during the Revolución Ciudadana.- Chapter 5 Rafael Correa's Technopopulism in Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 6 A revolution with a female face? Gender debates and policies during Rafael Correa's government.- Chapter 7 Intellectuals, NGOs, and Social Movements under the Correa Regime: Collaborations and Estrangements.- Chapter 8 The Macroeconomics of the Commodities Boom in Ecuador: A Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 9 Understanding Ecuador's Growth Prospects in the Aftermath of the Citizens' Revolution.- Chapter 10 The political management of the oil bonanza during Correa's government.- Chapter 11 Buen Vivir: a reference for public policies and development in Ecuador and the governments of the Latin American left.- Chapter 12 Educational Policy in Ecuador during the Citizens' Revolution.- Chapter 13 Far from becoming the Jaguar of Latin America: The Ecuadorian Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Turn.- Chapter 14 Rafael Correa's foreign policy paradox: discursive sovereignty, practical dependency.- Chapter 15 Conclusions: Assessing the Left Turn in Latin America 10 years of the Correa Administration in Ecuador.