Citizenship, State Domination and Protest in the 'Citizen Revolution' in Ecuador (2007-2016)

Autor:	Felipe Eugenio Burbano de Lara
Jazyk:	English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Citizenship Left turn Governmental activism and people’s power Alianza País Ecuador History of Portugal DP501-900.22 History of Spain DP1-402 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature PQ1-3999 Social Sciences
Zdroj:	Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, Vol 17, Iss 65, Pp 179-200 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1577-3388 2255-520X
DOI:	10.18441/ibam.17.2017.65.179-200
Popis:	This article analyzes the contradictory uses of the concept of citizenship in the governmental practice of Rafael Correa’s party Alianza País (AP). Correa’s AP is a self-described leftist movement that promised a “Citizen’s Revolution”. Yet in power Correa restricted the institutional foundations that allow for citizens to articulate their autonomous demands. His administration repressed and coopted social movements, and other organizations of civil society. I argue that AP self-conception as a movement that promised to found from scratch all institutions of society explains their contradictory appropriation of the concept of citizenship. Instead of delivering a citizen’s revolution, they created a plebiscitary democracy under Correa’s leadership with the support of a strong state.
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