Taking control of the public sphere by manipulating civil society: The citizen revolution in Ecuador

Abstract:

By taking advantage of the core discourses of the main social movements, Rafael Correa Delgado was elected president of Ecuador in 2006. Promising a 'citizen revolution', the President designed and engaged heavy institutional machinery that disciplined the civil society and other elements of the embryonic Ecuadorian public sphere. Paradoxically, he did so under the pretext of establishing a participatory democracy. This paper examines the processes and mechanisms of governmental control over civil society, the strongest element of the Ecuadorian public sphere, and their consequences for social movements.

Año de publicación:

2015

Keywords:

• SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• Participatory democracy
• ECUADOR
• Rafael correa
• Citizen revolution
• Public sphere
• Lifeworld

Fuente:

scopus