Becoming a Plebeian Leader
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Becoming a Plebeian Leader

Moral Careers, Life-Stories and Statecraft in Guayaquil, Ecuador (1960-2022)

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Becoming a Plebeian Leader

Moral Careers, Life-Stories and Statecraft in Guayaquil, Ecuador (1960-2022)

About this book

In Becoming a Plebeian Leader, José Antonio Villarreal Velásquez examines situations where ordinary women and men become plebeian leaders in urban-popular neighborhoods.

Combining oral history, archival research, and ethnography, the book examines plebeian leaders' moral careers through and within the meaningful and fluctuating connections among urban-popular neighborhoods in the city, and the nation-state from 1960 to the present time. Specifically, Villarreal Velásquez reconstructs, compares, and explains the historical, sociological, and political formation of two plebeian leaders' moral career paths in Guayaquil (Ecuador); the skills, feelings, and knowledge they acquired to perform their tasks and operate within societal hegemonic frameworks and large-scale structural transformations.

Becoming a Plebeian Leader will be of interest to researchers studying urban popular politics in the Global South.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of Figures and Tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. Part 1 Embodying Plebeian Leadership. Interpersonal Ritual Acts, Ceremonial Behaviors, Guayaquil’s Land Seizures Processes, and the Developmental State in Guasmo and Bastión Popular (1960–1985)
  12. Part 2 Being a Plebeian Leader. Theatrical Performances, Crafting Sacred Goods, Guayaquil’s Urban Development, and the Neoliberal State in Guasmo and Bastión Popular (1986–2005)
  13. Part 3 Defending Plebeian Leadership. Defensive Behaviors, the Citizen Revolution, and the Post-Neoliberal State in Guasmo and Bastión Popular (2006–2022)
  14. Conclusions
  15. References
  16. Index