January 2, 2016
alternatives, Buen Vivir, climate change, development, energy, extractivism, nature rights, postdevelopment
Alternatives, Development, Environment
A review of some of the central ideas being discussed in a process of energy transitions towards Good Living for the Andean regions and the neighbouring Amazonian areas. It is an exercise in proposing post-carbon and post-extractivist societies based on sensibilities that seek to get out of the trap of conventional ideas of development, and […]
April 30, 2015
alternatives, Buen Vivir, postdevelopment
News
Buen Vivir and Nature’s Rights: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, lecture by Eduardo Gudynas (CLAES) at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US. May 5, 2015. Gudynas will discuss prevailing trends on the concept of buen vivir (BV), including its origins in radical development critiques […]
November 6, 2014
alternatives, Bolivia, development, extractivism, postdevelopment
Alternatives, Development
by Eduardo Gudynas – As ideas about development are so deeply rooted, attempts to seek alternatives are almost like swimming against the prevailing cultural current. To effectively pursue these alternatives, radical changes are necessary from the source. Instead of quoting Marx or Lenin, I consider more appropriate to draw inspiration from an old word of […]
January 9, 2014
alternatives, economy, extractivism, globalization, Latin America, postdevelopment, progressivism, sustainability
Development
An heterodox guide to the debates on development and its alternatives in the continent. A review of some of the main schools of thought in which the problem of development and alternatives to it have been addressed. In particular, those postures that seem to have been the most influential in Latin America, especially when they […]
January 9, 2014
alternatives, Buen Vivir, extractivism, nature rights, postdevelopment
Alternatives, Development, Environment
Extractivisms are one of the main features in dominant development strategies in Latin America. Eduardo Gudynas (CLAES), presents the “post-extractivist” proposals that are being discussed in the region. Is an exploration in what is called “transitions” to another development, or “transitions to Buen Vivir.” Chapter in the book Beyond Development. Alternative visions from Latin America, […]
January 8, 2013
alternatives, Buen Vivir, development, green economy, postdevelopment
Alternatives, Development
A short review of the differences, similarities and possible articulations between South American ideas on “Buen Vivir” and the European discussion of a Green New Deal. A report by Eduardo Gudynas (CLAES) for the Henrich Boll Foundation office at the European Parliament. Published November 2012. Download the full report here …
October 8, 2012
alternatives, Buen Vivir, development, economy, globalization, postdevelopment
Alternatives, Development
An overview at the main trends of the discourse around Buen Vivir in South America. A review of the rich and multiple discourses around Buen Vivir, as a political platform for different visions of alternatives to development. The paradox that development can be declared defunct and yet in the next step promoted as the only […]
November 8, 2008
development, economy, postdevelopment
Development, Globalization
The debate on the limits to growth is back in Latin America. There is not only the problem of the scarcity of resources but also one of accumulation of social and environmental impacts. An op-ed by Eduardo Gudynas (CLAES) in Global Politician, june 2008. Download the article here …