Becoming a Plebeian Leader: Moral Careers, Life-Stories and Statecraft in Guayaquil, Ecuador (1960-2022) (1) (Coping with Crisis - Latin American Perspectives)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2026
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 304 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040434901
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003512417, 9781040434888, 9781032843681
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 10/10/25
- Copyrighted By:
- José Antonio Villarreal Velásquez
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.