Organizational and economic structures of ancestral communes

Abstract

The ancestral communes, as a form of organization, have their own jurisdiction and collective territory, in which they exercise their administrative, productive, social and cultural activities. The objective of this research is to analyze the organizational and economic structures of the ancestral communes located in the San Lorenzo canton, province of Esmeraldas-Ecuador. The methodology was built from a documentary review and interpretation, based on different constitutional, legal, regulatory, statutory, doctrinal, books and scientific articles, as well as the information requested and provided by the competent agencies. The results showed the need to restructure the substantive and adjective norms that regulate the existence, forms of coexistence, social organization and economic operations developed in their legally recognized spaces. This implies coordinating, planning, managing and executing the actions of each government instance, with respect to the regime of the communes, for the achievement of the common good.