This book examines the “left turn� in Latin American politics, specifically through the lens of Ecuador and the effects of the Citizens’ Revolution actions and public policies on relevant actors and institutions. Through a comprehensive analysis of one country turn to the left and the outcomes generated by that process, the authors and editors provide a clearer understanding of the ways in which the popular desire for change (predominant through the region in recent times, as a response to late-twentieth-century neoliberalism) was realized—or not. The particular case of Ecuador further potentiates analysis of the entire region-wide process, considering that the “corrector� cycle is now at an end, and that the economic and international conditions that favored the return of left governments have also changed.