Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America
by Timothy MacNeill
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Timothy MacNeill is Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science and Program Director of Sustainability Studies at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. 
Book Description
This book outlines development theory and practice overtime as well as critically interrogates the "cultural turn" in development policy in Latin American indigenous communities, specifically, in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Bolivia. It becomes apparent that culturally sustainable development is both a new and old idea, which is simultaneously traditional and modern, and that it is a necessary iteration in thinking on development. This new strain of thought could inform not only the work of development practitioners, graduate students, and theorists working in the Global South, but in the Global North as well.Timothy MacNeill is Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science and Program Director of Sustainability Studies at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada.
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Book Details
Title
Indigenous Cultures and Sustainable Development in Latin America
Subject
Politics and Government
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2020
Pages
256
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9783030370220
ISBN10
3030370224
ISBN13 Digital
9783030370237
ISBN10 Digital
3030370232
PDF Size
2.6 MB
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