| List of Tables | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction: Dependent Foreign Policy Theory | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Ecuador in the 1980s: Cases for Dependent Foreign Policy Theory | 27 |
| Ch. 3 | Hurtado's Policy Towards Revolutionary Nicaragua | 60 |
| Ch. 4 | Foreign Investment Reform in Petroleum Policy | 86 |
| Ch. 5 | La Conferencia Economica Latinoamericana | 116 |
| Ch. 6 | The Contadora Support Group and Febres Cordero's Relations with Nicaragua | 153 |
| Ch. 7 | Blazing Trails | 177 |
| Ch. 8 | Febres Cordero Signs the OPIC Agreement with the United States | 203 |
| Ch. 9 | Conclusions | 222 |
| Bibliography | 271 |
| Index | 289 |