ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One
Power Relationships in the Audiencia of Quito: 1533–1820
part Two|124 pages
The Structure of Power in Ecuador During the Republican Period: 1820–1949
part Three|145 pages
The Crisis of Power in Contemporary Ecuador: 1950–79
