“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...

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Main Author: Viola Recasens, Andreu (author)
Format: article
Language:spa
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1209
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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.