Memoria de los otros

Se intenta atrapar los retos que enfrenta la constitución de un campo de conocimientos en el Ecuador: el de género y ambiente.

Ecuador is a country with multiple crossroads; crossroads that demand a deep reflection and analysis in different keys and disciplinary fields. This volume addresses some of them: the country's international relations and the integration processes in which it is immersed; the complex socio-environmental problems that generate situations of risk for citizens and nature; the acute social crises and scenarios of protest and political conflict; the crisis of a political and economic model based on public spending, extractivism and the deterioration of rights, in the context in which the possible...

"Early attempt to explain 'congressional coup' of Feb. 5, 1997, when President Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz was removed from office by an act of congress and then replaced by the president of the legislative branch. Helps explain events surrounding Bucaram's presidency and the country's continued political instability"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.