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Political power in Ecuador / by Osvaldo Hurtado ; translated by Nick D. Mills, Jr.

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This book is a study of politics and the changing configuration of power in a developing country in which political domination during the past 155 years has almost without exception coincided with economic hegemony.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Hurtado, Osvaldo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : ROUTLEDGE, 2019.
Subjects:
Elite (Social sciences) > Ecuador.
Power (Social sciences)
Ecuador > Politics and government.
Ecuador > Economic conditions.
Ecuador > Social conditions.
Economic history.
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Ecuador.
Table of Contents:
  • Translator's Foreword to the Encore Edition
  • Translator's Foreword to the First Edition
  • Preface to the Encore Edition
  • Introduction
  • Power Relationships in the Audiencia of Quito: 1533-1820
  • Social, Economic, and Political Organization in the Audiencia of Quito
  • Power and Domination in Colonial Quito
  • Colonial Dependence, Social Conflict, and the Break with Spain
  • The Structure of Power in Ecuador During the Republican Period: 1820-1949
  • Hacienda Society in Republican Ecuador: Rural Aristocracy and Ancillary Institutions
  • External Factors: Economic and Politicocultural Dependency in Republican Ecuador
  • Political Conflict I: The Liberal-Conservative Two-Party System
  • Political Conflict II: Personality and Power in Ecuadorean Politics
  • The Crisis of Power in Contemporary Ecuador: 1950-79
  • Capitalist Development and Political Crisis
  • Urban Growth and Populism
  • Ideological Reformism and Political Radicalization
  • Workers and Students
  • The Military and The Church
  • Ecuador in the Petroleum Era: New Forms of Dependency
  • Epilogue.

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