Suma qamaña in Bolivia: Indigenous understandings of well-being and their contribution to a post-neoliberal paradigm

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 216-233

  Artaraz, Kepa ^a   Calestani, Melania ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Indigenous knowledge; Suma qama a; Sustainable development; Well being

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEGISLATION; NEOLIBERALISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84960503066     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X14547501     Document Type: Article

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