Revolución Ciudadana : crisis oligárquica y modelo neodesarrollista

Abstract

Up to the end of the sixties in the previous century, Ecuador was characterized by little capitalist development and the dominance of regional oligarchical elites. At the beginning of the seventies, the military rises to power and starts a modernization process distinguished by strengthening the State, with the objective of stimulating development and redistributing wealth, and the de-oligarchization of society. In 1979, the so-called transition to democracy begins, a process that coincided with the application of neoliberalism and the dismantlement of the State. Thus, between 1997 and 2005, no president elect is able to finish their term. In 2006, a platform of left-wing parties, led by Rafael Correa, makes it to power and a process ensues to dismantle neoliberalism, recover the role of the State, and redistribute wealth, which gives place to a new economic and social cycle in the country.