Beyond Development Alternative Visions from Latin America
Latin America is at the forefront of thinking on how to build a new sustainable economy that rejects consumerism and extractivism. An exciting compilation on new ideas such as Buen Vivir that are reshaping the global debate on how to live in harmony with each other and nature.
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Contents
Prologue (pdf, 643KB)
Crisis of civilisation and challenges for the left
Miriam Lang
Debates on development and its alternatives in Latin America. A brief heterodox guide (pdf, 714KB)
Eduardo Gudynas
Critiques and alternatives to development: a feminist perspective (pdf, 673KB)
Margarita Aguinaga, Miriam Lang, Dunia Mokrani, Alejandra Santillana
Extractivism and neoextractism: two sides of the same curse (pdf, 705KB)
Alberto Acosta
Complementary and conflicting transformation projects in heterogeneous societies (pdf, 679KB)
Edgardo Lander
The role of the state and public policies in processes of transformation (pdf, 693KB)
Ulrich Brand
Resource extractivism and alternatives: Latin American perspectives on development (pdf, 701)
Maristella Svampa
Buen Vivir as a model for state and economy (pdf, 710KB)
Raúl Prada
Decolonisation and dismantling patriarchy in order to ‘live well’ (pdf, 532KB)
Elisa Vega
Transitions to post-extractivism: directions, options, areas of action (pdf, 907KB)
Eduardo Gudynas
Glossary (pdf, 660KB)