A New Cycle Begins: Possibilities and Limits of the Citizen Revolution in Ecuador

Authors

  • Napoleón Saltos Galarza Universidad Central del Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v20i36.31850

Keywords:

Latin America, Ecuador, Correa government, neo-institutionalism.

Abstract

Latin America is experiencing political cycles. The 1960s and 1970s were the time of the dictatorships; at the end of the 1970s there begins a return to constitutional democracy; the new millennium is the time of “progressive governments.” The wave begins with the electoral triumph of Hugo Chávez in 1998 and expands across the continent. Seventeen years later it is no longer the time to celebrate, but rather to evaluate.

Author Biography

Napoleón Saltos Galarza, Universidad Central del Ecuador

Doctor en Estudios Políticos, Universidad de Alicante, España. Profesor Titular Principal de las Carreras de Sociología y Política de la Universidad Central de Ecuador. Quito, Equador. Coordinador de las Maestrìas de Sociología Política y de Derechos humanos e interculturalidad. Facultad de Jurisprudencia, Ciencias Polìticas y Sociales. Universidad Central del Ecuador. Director de la Revista de Ciencias Sociales. Carreras de Sociología y Política de la UCE.

Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Galarza, N. S. (2016). A New Cycle Begins: Possibilities and Limits of the Citizen Revolution in Ecuador. Lutas Sociais, 20(36), 93–113. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v20i36.31850