ECUADOR AFTER THE COMMODITIES BOOM: A RENTIER SOCIETY’S LABYRINTH

Autores

  • Pedro Alarcon Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7182-1496
  • Stefan Peters Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25247/2447-861X.2020.n250.p251-278

Palavras-chave:

Latin America. Neo-extractivism. Natural resources rent. Peripheral state. Development. Development theories.

Resumo

After failing to renegotiate debt conditions with China, Lenín Moreno’s government reverted to traditional international financial measures in a further attempt to cover the fiscal deficit left by the dramatic drop in oil prices of 2014. In order to meet targets agreed with lenders, Moreno scrapped subsidies on transportation fuels by the beginning of October 2019. However, amid nationwide protests, Moreno repealed the measure after nearly two weeks. Interpretations of the protests have been manifold; this paper presents a further reading based on rentier theory, and argues that a significant source of opposition to the elimination of subsidies is to be found in peoples’ claim on their portion of oil rent, the expression of a quasi-naturalized right derived from living in a natural resources-rich country.

Biografia do Autor

Pedro Alarcon, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador

Professor de la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Stefan Peters, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ)

Diretor Acadêmico do Instituto Alemão-Colombiano da Paz - CAPAZ e Cátedra de Estudos para a Paz da Justus Liebig University Giessen (Alemanha). Estudou Ciência Política na Philipps-University Marburg e na Universidad Complutense de Madrid e obteve seu PhD em Ciência Política na University of Kassel (Alemanha). Stefan Peters trabalha nas áreas de Neoextrativismo e Rentismo, Desigualdades Sociais, Educação, Estudos da Memória, Teoria do Desenvolvimento e Relações Norte Sul. Foi professor visitante e pesquisador em universidades de países como Cuba, Argentina, Equador e Porto Rico. 

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2020-12-23

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Alarcon, P., & Peters, S. (2020). ECUADOR AFTER THE COMMODITIES BOOM: A RENTIER SOCIETY’S LABYRINTH. Cadernos Do CEAS: Revista crítica De Humanidades, 45(250), 251–278. https://doi.org/10.25247/2447-861X.2020.n250.p251-278

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