This book explores the battleground between neoliberal capitalist
development processes in Latin America and the challenges to these
systems that can be found through innovative community-driven buen
vivir/vivir bien initiatives. In the current climate of worldwide
capitalist development, Latin America is caught between
left-leaning proposals for progressive policies towards a more
inclusive form of development, and the re-emergence of harsh
austerity measures, neoliberal reforms and right-wing populism.
Divided into two parts, this book first provides a retrospective
analysis of the advance of resource-seeking ‘extractive’
capital across the continent since the 1990s. The second part goes
on to focus on forward-looking challenges to neoliberal capitalist
development, focusing in particular on the indigenous notion of
buen vivir/vivir bien – the concept of ‘living well’ in
social solidarity and harmony with nature. Drawing on cases in
Mexico and Venezuela, the book argues that it will be through these
new approaches to social change that we will move beyond
development as we know it towards a more inclusive form of
‘postdevelopment’. Looking hopefully towards this future of
development, this collection offers an essential analysis of the
vortex of social change currently consuming Latin America and will
be key reading for advanced scholars and researchers in the fields
of Development Studies, Latin America Studies, Politics, and Social
Change.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Critical Development Studies |
| Release date: |
October 2020 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Editors: |
Henry Veltmeyer
• Edgar Lau
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-55001-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-367-55001-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780367550011 |
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