“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...

• Autore principale: Viola Recasens, Andreu (author)
• Natura: article
• Lingua: spa
• Pubblicazione: 2014
• Soggetti: Sumak kawsay; Desarrollo; Bienestar; Alternativas al capitalismo; Culturas andinas; Constutución ecuatoriana; Biocentrismo; Development; Well-being; Alternatives to capitalism; Andean cultures; Ecuadorian constitution; Biocentrism
• Accesso online: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1209