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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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Author:   Osvaldo Hurtado
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780367298975

ISBN 10:   036729897
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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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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