Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador

Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador Wydawca: Madison Books Opis produktu A case study of why Third World countries are still poor, the premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes have kept the country from developing in ways that otherwise would have been possible. As the author asserts, for almost five centuries the cultural habits of Ecuadorian citizens have constituted a stumbling block for individual economic success. Still, he concludes, people's cultural values are not immutable: inconvenient customs can be changed or influenced by the economic success of immigrants. This is the challenge that Ecuador faces in the twenty-first century. Specyfikacja SKU: MADS004794091 EAN: 9781568332628 Waga: 499 g Author: Hurtado, Osvaldo Binding: Hardcover Pages: 240 Publication Year: 2010 BISAC Category 1: HIS033000 BISAC Category 2: SOC002010 BISAC Category 3: SOC042000