Comuneros y revolución ciudadana: los casos de Otavalo y Cotacachi en Ecuador

Since 2006 the indigenous political vote has split between Pachakutik and Alianza País (AP). The latter is a political movement led by Rafael Correa, currently president of Ecuador. The article seeks an explanation for this distribution of the vote, examining the political behavior of the indigenous...

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Autor: Ortiz Crespo, Santiago
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:PUCP-Institucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/79579
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/7608/7857
https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201301.004
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Comunidades
Estado
Comportamiento político
Ecuador
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.04.03
Descripción
Sumario:Since 2006 the indigenous political vote has split between Pachakutik and Alianza País (AP). The latter is a political movement led by Rafael Correa, currently president of Ecuador. The article seeks an explanation for this distribution of the vote, examining the political behavior of the indigenous people of the Otavalo and Cotacachico unties of the northern Ecuadorean highlands. It argues that the support for Correa can be explained by several factors: (1) the historical relationship between indigenous people and the State; (2) an electoral behaviour that combines trust in ethnic leaders and pragmatism; and (3) an expectation of «more state presence». The study is based on two surveys of leaders and local population, participant observation and interviews, as well as a document review.