Home-made development in Bolivia

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Main Author: Sue A. S. Iamamoto
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul 2017
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contents Home-made development in Bolivia Sue A. S. Iamamoto Sociología Bolivia el alto Development living well neoextrativism This article investigates how the neighbourhood movement of the city of El Alto, a key social movement in contemporary Bolivia, depicted and constructed ideas of development during the protests of October 2003, the so-called “Gas War”. Their perspective was both informed by transnational ideologies —such as progress, modernisation and development— and the deeply rooted collective memory of the War of the Pacific. Differently from other nationalist experiences, this “looking back to move forwards” movement sought to re-stablish a balance of powers, instead of promoting group superiority. This emphasis on equality brings possibilities of dialogue with the emerging development paradigm of vivir bien (living well). This paper, thus, contributes to a more general discussion on the conflict between developmentalism and vivir bien in Latin America. Instead of quickly dismissing this new paradigm as being too normative and distant from the realities of poor people, it identifies the potential encounters between them. 2017 artículo científico 1519-6089 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74252567003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/74252567003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=742 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.17
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spellingShingle Home-made development in Bolivia
Sue A. S. Iamamoto
Sociología
Bolivia
el alto
Development
living well
neoextrativism
Home-made development in Bolivia Sue A. S. Iamamoto Sociología Bolivia el alto Development living well neoextrativism This article investigates how the neighbourhood movement of the city of El Alto, a key social movement in contemporary Bolivia, depicted and constructed ideas of development during the protests of October 2003, the so-called “Gas War”. Their perspective was both informed by transnational ideologies —such as progress, modernisation and development— and the deeply rooted collective memory of the War of the Pacific. Differently from other nationalist experiences, this “looking back to move forwards” movement sought to re-stablish a balance of powers, instead of promoting group superiority. This emphasis on equality brings possibilities of dialogue with the emerging development paradigm of vivir bien (living well). This paper, thus, contributes to a more general discussion on the conflict between developmentalism and vivir bien in Latin America. Instead of quickly dismissing this new paradigm as being too normative and distant from the realities of poor people, it identifies the potential encounters between them. 2017 artículo científico 1519-6089 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=74252567003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/74252567003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/742/74252567003/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=742 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais application/pdf Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.17
title Home-made development in Bolivia
topic Sociología
Bolivia
el alto
Development
living well
neoextrativism
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