Social Capital, Development, and Indigenous Politics in Ecuadorian AmazoniaFootnote^*

* This research was supported by a Fulbright‐IIE grant and an Inter‐American Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. Many thanks are owed to the personnel of the Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Napo for their patient assistance and to the anonymous reviewers, whose comments substantially improved the article.

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