%0 Journal Article
%T Left Populism, State Building, Class Compromise, and Social Conflict in Ecuador＊s Citizens＊ Revolution
%A Jacobo Garc赤a
%A Patrick Clark
%J Latin American Perspectives
%@ 1552-678X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0094582X18807723
%X After Rafael Correa＊s 2006 presidential election in Ecuador the governing party of Correa＊s Citizens＊ Revolution, Alianza PAIS, consolidated political power by undertaking an unprecedented process of state building in the country＊s chronically fragmented polity. An analysis of the political and economic strategies it employed emphasizes their mutually reinforcing dynamic. The Alianza PAIS was a ※big-tent§ party with a vanguard of figures from the traditional political left that relied on brokerage with traditional political bosses at the regional and local levels to achieve political party nationalization. The Correa government was able to consolidate political power because it upheld its initial electoral commitment to abandon orthodox neoliberalism, rebuild the state, and advance social citizenship. The division between Correa and Len赤n Moreno after the April 2017 elections and the subsequent implosion of Alianza PAIS put the legacy of the Citizens＊ Revolution at risk. Despu谷s de la elecci車n de Rafael Correa como presidente de Ecuador en 2006, Alianza PAIS, el partido gobernante de su Revoluci車n Ciudadana, consolid車 el poder pol赤tico emprendiendo un proceso sin precedentes de construcci車n del estado en el sistema pol赤tico cr車nicamente fragmentado. Un an芍lisis de las estrategias pol赤ticas y econ車micas que emple車 enfatiza su din芍mica de refuerzo mutuo. La Alianza PAIS era un partido de ※gran carpa§ con una vanguardia de figuras de la izquierda pol赤tica tradicional que depend赤a de la intermediaci車n con jefes pol赤ticos tradicionales a nivel regional y local para lograr la nacionalizaci車n del partido pol赤tico. El gobierno de Correa pudo consolidar el poder pol赤tico porque cumpli車 su compromiso electoral inicial de abandonar el neoliberalismo ortodoxo, reconstruir el estado y avanzar en la ciudadan赤a social. La divisi車n entre Correa y Len赤n Moreno despu谷s de las elecciones de abril de 2017 y la posterior implosi車n de Alianza PAIS ponen en tela de juicio el legado de la Revoluci車n Ciudadana
%K Ecuador
%K Political parties
%K Post-neoliberalism
%K Citizens＊ Revolution
%K State building
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0094582X18807723