Good Living for Whom? Bolivia’s Climate Justice Movement and the Limitations of Indigenous Cosmovisions

Fabricant, Nicole

doi:10.1080/17442222.2013.805618

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“…In Santa Cruz, the Autonomy movement led by the Civic Committees was accompanied by a thinly disguised racial campaign. Civic leaders argued that Andean migrants were invading their city, taking land and economic opportunities from local people (Fabricant 2009;Gustafson 2006). Elites openly asked how Morales, an uneducated Indian, could be the president.…”

Section: The Structures Of Inequalit Ymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Nicole Fabricant points out, for urban people, gaining access to water and jobs may be more important than any abstract notion of Pachamama or even climate change (Fabricant 2013). Bret Gustafson concludes that "gas in Bolivia is not primarily understood through the lens of climate change-though climate change and its effects and causes are clearly part of Bolivian political consciousness-but as a medium for negotiating rights, well-being, and exchange between citizens and the state" (Gustafson 2013: 64).…”

Section: The Tensions In the New Extr Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This camba identity is often expressed as a deeply felt sense of injustice, especially in relation to Andeans and the Andean capital, La Paz. Cambas imagine themselves as racially, ethnically, and culturally different from the Andean people whom they see as invading their lands and usurping natural resource wealth in the region (Fabricant 2009). They see themselves as independent and hard-working, building their frontier state with their own entrepreneurial efforts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Elites openly asked how Morales, an uneducated Indian, could be the president. A Santa Cruz youth group carried out numerous attacks against Andean migrants to the city, and city officials banned street vendors, "protecting" the city from the dangers of unhygienic Indian bodies (Fabricant 2009). Perhaps the most shocking incident of this overt racism came during the last conflicted days of the Assembly in Sucre, in May 2008, when opponents captured a group of Andean MAS supporters.…”

Section: The Structures Of Inequalit Ymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia

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“…Such failures have been attributed, in part, to indigenous rights advocates' reliance on a 'timeless vision of indigeneity', and romantic notions of indigenous people's commitment to environmental conservation (Fabricant 2013). In the process, the questions of central concern to indigenous and other forest-dependent people, such as economic development and forest-dependent livelihoods, tend to be relegated to the sidelines of indigenous rights advocacy.…”

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Nested governance for effective REDD+: Institutional and political arguments

Kashwan

Holahan

2014

Int J Commons

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Abstract:Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Forest Enhancement (REDD+) has become a central focus of global climate change mitigation efforts. Even though the international demand for forest-based carbon sequestration is the key driver of REDD+, forest protection strategies must be implemented on the ground. This cross-scale nature of REDD+ explains why scholars and policy makers increasingly favor nested governance arrangements over either fully centralized or fully decentralized REDD+ governance. The focus of the literature on nested REDD+ governance has mostly been on monitoring, reporting, and verification of carbon emission reductions across sub-national, national, and international levels. We build on Ostrom's principle of 'nested enterprises' to argue that REDD+ must be designed to systematically and formally link national policy reforms with the organization and execution of sub-national (regional and local) forest conservation efforts led by forest users. We also contribute new insights on the political dimensions of nestedness in REDD+, with important roles for intercommunity forestry associations and forest rights movements.

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Which direction for sustainable development? A time series comparison of the impacts of redistributive versus market policies in Bolivia and South Korea

Bell,

Hickel,

Arbon

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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This article examines two major policy frameworks for achieving sustainable development: the market‐based ‘Green Economy’ approach (exemplified by South Korea), and the redistributive ‘Living Well’ approach (exemplified by Bolivia). We compare the two paradigms in qualitative terms using document analysis, and we assess quantitatively how they have fared in terms of delivering progress towards sustainable development in each country. Time series data for the Sustainable Development Index and the Gini index were examined. The results show that, since ‘Living Well’ was initiated, social outcomes have continued to improve in Bolivia and, while emissions and material footprint have increased, they remain low and within or near sustainable boundaries. By contrast, South Korea has regressed in terms of sustainability. Social indicators have improved, but the Green Economy policy has failed to reduce ecological pressures. This raises significant questions about the legitimacy of the Green Economy paradigm as a model for achieving sustainable development.

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Good Living for Whom? Bolivia’s Climate Justice Movement and the Limitations of Indigenous Cosmovisions

Cited by 72 publications

References 35 publications

The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia

The Indigenous State: Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia

Nested governance for effective REDD+: Institutional and political arguments

Which direction for sustainable development? A time series comparison of the impacts of redistributive versus market policies in Bolivia and South Korea

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