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The Voice of Political Science around the World Political Science News About IPSA Membershi !esearch "ommittees #!"$ IPSA E%ents Summer School Awards &lobal South Solidarit' Fund Publications (nline Pa er !oom IPSA Portal Ad%ertisers "ontact )s Author: Miss Ana Estefan4a "arballo Co-Authors: Mr5 6ohannes Waldmueller The current socio7 olitical ro8ects of ,uen Vi%ir #also Suma9 :awsa' in Ecuador$ and Vi%ir ,ien #,oli%ia$ im lemented b' Andean go%ernments together with citi;en mo%ements ha%e gained much attention in recent debates5 (ften the' are regarded as e<am les of = ost7de%elo mental- or = ost7liberal- ro8ects #Escobar >?@?$5 0owe%erA as e%idence from Ecuador showsA the wa' these ro8ects are conce tuali;ed b' state authorities remains within the hegemonic Western aradigm of anthro ocentric economic and human de%elo ment5 At the go%ernmental le%elA this aradigm a ears to be rhetoricall' embedded in discourses of human rightsA 2green leadershi 3 and minorit' rotectionA while also drawing on indigenous e istemological traditions5 This a er first /uestions this re%ailing aradigm and its %alidit' for the Andean realit'5 SecondA it reflects further on the rinci les and %alues ut forward b' indigenous leaders and social mo%ements claiming another ,uen Vi%ir #or suma9awsa'$ regarding human rights5 (n these linesA the a er criticall' discusses and distinguishes the institutional a roaches of 2&ood +i%ing3 from indigenous understandings of Suma9awsa'5 Finall'A it draws on the e<am le of SI1E!E"0(S #a Ecuadorian ro8ect on human rights indicators$ to resent the ongoing e%olution toward biocentricA instead of anthro ocentricA basic rights monitoring5 A refined %ersion of such biocentric and rights7based e/ualit' is discussed as an alternati%e aradigm for de%elo ment efforts5 Language: English

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