Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador?
The present article analyzes the political influence of the anti-neoliberal social movement in Ecuador in the face of the negotiation process of the Multipart Trade Agreement (MTA) with the European Union (EU), between 2006 and 2016. The empirical investigation pursues the goal of underst...
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The present article analyzes the political influence of the anti-neoliberal social movement in Ecuador in the face of the negotiation process of the Multipart Trade Agreement (MTA) with the European Union (EU), between 2006 and 2016. The empirical investigation pursues the goal of understanding the shift in trade policy of the Ecuadorian government through the socioeconomic context on the domestic and global level. Different approaches to Critical International Political Economy (CIPE) were combined with the concept of political opportunity structure in order to trace the influence of the Ecuadorian anti-neoliberal movement in the face of the MTA with the EU. This process tracing is based on more than 20 qualitative interviews with relevant actors and a profound review of secondary sources. The article concludes that the political opportunity structure of the investigated movement deteriorated during the period of study. The alternative discourses to free trade lost influence within civil society and within the policy agenda of Rafael Correa’s government. In this context, the subscription of the MTA represents the inauguration of a new phase of open trade policy in Ecuador, and therefore a defeat of the country’s anti-neoliberal movement. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-55332022-11-05T16:27:16Z The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? El acuerdo comercial con la Unión Europea: ¿derrota del movimiento antineoliberal en Ecuador? O acordo comercial com a União Europeia: A derrota do movimento antineoliberal no Equador? Preusser, Manuel Ecuador Globalización Libre comercio Movimiento Social Unión Europea Equador Globalização Livre comercio Movimento social União Europeia Ecuador European Union Free trade Globalization Social movement The present article analyzes the political influence of the anti-neoliberal social movement in Ecuador in the face of the negotiation process of the Multipart Trade Agreement (MTA) with the European Union (EU), between 2006 and 2016. The empirical investigation pursues the goal of understanding the shift in trade policy of the Ecuadorian government through the socioeconomic context on the domestic and global level. Different approaches to Critical International Political Economy (CIPE) were combined with the concept of political opportunity structure in order to trace the influence of the Ecuadorian anti-neoliberal movement in the face of the MTA with the EU. This process tracing is based on more than 20 qualitative interviews with relevant actors and a profound review of secondary sources. The article concludes that the political opportunity structure of the investigated movement deteriorated during the period of study. The alternative discourses to free trade lost influence within civil society and within the policy agenda of Rafael Correa’s government. In this context, the subscription of the MTA represents the inauguration of a new phase of open trade policy in Ecuador, and therefore a defeat of the country’s anti-neoliberal movement. El presente artículo analiza la influencia política del movimiento social antineoliberal en Ecuador frente al proceso de negociación del Acuerdo Comercial Multipartes (ACM) con la Unión Europea (UE), entre 2006 y 2016. La investigación empírica tiene como objetivo entender el giro en la política comercial del gobierno ecuatoriano desde el contexto socioeconómico doméstico y global. Se combinan diferentes enfoques de la Economía Política Internacional Crítica (EPIC) con el concepto de estructura de oportunidades políticas para rastrear la influencia del movimiento antineoliberal ecuatoriano frente al ACM con la UE; este rastreo de procesos se fundamentó en más de 20 entrevistas cualitativas a actores relevantes y en una revisión profunda de fuentes secundarias. Se concluye que la estructura de oportunidades políticas del movimiento estudiado se deterioró durante el periodo de estudio; los discursos alternativos al libre comercio perdieron incidencia tanto en la sociedad civil como en la agenda política del gobierno de Rafael Correa. En ese contexto, la firma del ACM representa la inauguración de una nueva etapa de apertura comercial en Ecuador y, por ende, una derrota del movimiento antineoliberal del país. Abstract The present article analyzes the political influence of the anti-neoliberal social movement in Ecuador in the face of the negotiation process of the Multipart Trade Agreement (MTA) with the European Union (EU), between 2006 and 2016. The empirical investigation pursues the goal of understanding the shift in trade policy of the Ecuadorian government through the socioeconomic context on the domestic and global level. Different approaches to Critical International Political Economy (CIPE) were combined with the concept of political opportunity structure in order to trace the influence of the Ecuadorian anti-neoliberal movement in the face of the MTA with the EU. This process tracing is based on more than 20 qualitative interviews with relevant actors and a profound review of secondary sources. The article concludes that the political opportunity structure of the investigated movement deteriorated during the period of study. The alternative discourses to free trade lost influence within civil society and within the policy agenda of Rafael Correa’s government. In this context, the subscription of the MTA represents the inauguration of a new phase of open trade policy in Ecuador, and therefore a defeat of the country’s anti-neoliberal movement. Este artigo aqui apresentado analisa a influência política do movimento social antineoliberal no Equador com relação ao processo de negociação do Acordo Comercial Multipartidário (ACM) com a União Europeia (UE) entre os anos 2006 e 2016. Esta pesquisa empírica compreende a transformação da política comercial do governo equatoriano neste período analisando o contexto socioeconômico nos níveis doméstico e global. Diferentes abordagens da Economia Política Internacional Crítica (EPIC) foram combinadas com o conceito de “estrutura de oportunidades políticas” para rastrear a influência do movimento antineoliberal equatoriano contra o ACM com a UE. O rastreamento de processos realizou-se com base em mais de 20 entrevistas qualitativas aplicadas a atores relevantes do caso e numa análise aprofundada de fontes secundárias. Conclui-se que a estrutura de oportunidades políticas do movimento estudado se deteriorou durante o período estudado. Os discursos alternativos acerca do livre comércio perderam incidência, tanto na sociedade civil quanto na agenda política do Governo de Rafael Correa. Nesse contexto, a assinatura do ACM representa a inauguração de uma nova etapa de abertura comercial no Equador, portanto, uma derrota do movimento antineoliberal no país. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2022-09-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html text/html application/pdf application/zip https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533 10.17141/urvio.34.2022.5533 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 34 (2022): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 100-115 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 34 (2022): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 100-115 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.34.2022 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533/4195 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533/4196 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533/4205 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533/4262 Derechos de autor 2022 Manuel Preusser |
| spellingShingle | Preusser, Manuel The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title | The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title_full | The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title_fullStr | The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title_short | The Trade Agreement with the European Union: Defeat of the Anti-Neoliberal Movement in Ecuador? |
| title_sort | trade agreement with the european union: defeat of the anti-neoliberal movement in ecuador? |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5533 |