Ecuador Study & Guide - AllRefer - Ecuador Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o PRE-HISPANIC ERA
o DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST
o SPANISH COLONIAL ERA
o THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
o THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC
+ Initial Confusion, 1830-60
+ The Era of Conservatism, 1860-95
+ The Rule of the Liberals, 1895-1925
+ Reform, Chaos, and Debacle, 1925-44
o THE POSTWAR ERA, 1944-84
+ Constitutional Rule, 1948-60
+ Instability and Military Dominance, 1960-72
+ Direct Military Rule, 1972-79
+ Return to Democratic Rule, 1979-84
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY
+ Natural Regions
+ Drainage
+ Climate
o POPULATION
o MIGRATION AND URBANIZATION
o SOCIAL CLASSES
+ Elite
+ Middle Class
+ Peasants
+ Workers
o ETHNIC GROUPS
+ Whites and Mestizos
+ Blacks
+ Sierra Indians
+ Oriente Indians
o FAMILY AND KIN
o RELIGION
o SOCIAL WELFARE
+ Education
+ Health and Social Security
* The Economy
o GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
o RECENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
o ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
+ Fiscal Policies
+ Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
+ Government Budget Process
o HUMAN RESOURCES AND INCOME
+ Composition of Labor Force
+ Employment Indicators and Benefits
+ Organized Labor
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Use and Tenure
+ Crops
+ Livestock and Poultry
+ Fishing
+ Forestry
o NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
+ Petroleum and Natural Gas
+ Mining and Minerals
+ Electric Power
o MANUFACTURING
o SERVICES
+ Financial System
+ Tourism
+ Communications
+ Transportation
o EXTERNAL SECTOR
+ External Debt
+ Trade and Balance of Payments
* Government and Politics
o CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
o GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
+ The Executive
+ The Legislature
+ The Judiciary
# The Court System
# The Tribunal of Constitutional Guarantees
+ Public Administration
+ Local Government
+ The Electoral Process
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ Political Parties
# Traditional Parties
# Other Parties
# Personalist Movements
# Party Politics in the 1980s
+ Political Forces and Interest Groups
# The Roman Catholic Church
# The Military
# The Economic Elite
# Labor
# Students
+ The Media
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ The United States
+ Other Nations and International Organizations
* National Security
o MILITARY HERITAGE
o STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
o INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
o ARMED FORCES
+ Army
# Organization and Equipment
# Training and Education
+ Navy
# Organization and Equipment
# Training and Education
+ Air Force
+ Military Justice
+ Ranks, Insignia, and Uniforms
o RECRUITMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
o DEFENSE BUDGET
o CIVIL DEFENSE
o CIVIC ACTION
o FOREIGN INFLUENCE
+ Military Relations with the United States
+ Equipment Sources
o INTERNAL SECURITY
+ Police
# Standards of Police Conduct
# Narcotics Control
+ The Administration of Justice
+ The Penal System
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary