“Pachamamista” Discourses versus Development Policies: The Debate over Sumak Kawsay in the Andes

“Pachamamista” Discourses versus Development Policies: The Debate over Sumak Kawsay in the Andes

A critical review is presented in terms of the proposal for sumak kawsay, suma qamaña, or buen vivir (good living), highlighting its conceptual indefinition, the idealized conception of Andean rural world in which it seems to be inspired on and its lack of coherence with the macroeconomic policies p...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Viola Recasens, Andreu (author)
Format: article
Language:spa
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Sumak kawsay
Desarrollo
Bienestar
Alternativas al capitalismo
Culturas andinas
Constutución ecuatoriana
Biocentrismo
Development
Well-being
Alternatives to capitalism
Andean cultures
Ecuadorian constitution
Biocentrism
Online Access:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1209
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A critical review is presented in terms of the proposal for sumak kawsay, suma qamaña, or buen vivir (good living), highlighting its conceptual indefinition, the idealized conception of Andean rural world in which it seems to be inspired on and its lack of coherence with the macroeconomic policies promoted to-date by the Bolivian and Ecuadorian governments.

Similar Items