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Latin American Buen Vivir and Rights of Nature

Law, Human Rights and Sustainable Development

By: Dorine E. van Norren

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This book challenges the UN's development goals with Ecuador's "Good Living." It champions the indigenous, biocentric worldview: "Let Mother Earth lead." Human governance must follow the laws of the earth. A provocative and essential read for a world seeking a new path.

This refreshing account of wellbeing perspectives of Ecuadorian “Good Living” sheds a new light on sustainability debates. It puts into question the universality of the…

This refreshing account of wellbeing perspectives of Ecuadorian “Good Living” sheds a new light on sustainability debates. It puts into question the universality of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The slogan of the goals, “Leave non-one behind,” begs the question who is behind and who is ahead. Development is caught in the logic of linear “sustainable” growth of nations or centres around the flourishing of the individual instead of the community. “Let Mother Earth lead” summarizes the indigenous American approach, embracing a biocentric outlook on life where human laws and (environmental) governance systems must follow the laws of the earth.
With concrete examples of policies, law, jurisprudence and practice from Ecuador, this book is a must read for philosophers willing to think beyond European philosophy, (development) economists interested in reshaping today’s paradigms, innovative lawyers with an environmental heart, anthropologists who yearn for a dialogue between worldviews of the Global South and science, and all people who seek new meaning in today’s society.

Dorine van Norren is an associate researcher at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands (Law) and Pretoria, South Africa (Decoloniality). She studied law in Amsterdam and Cape Town and French in Lyon. She has a Master’s in International and Dutch Law from Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1995), and a PhD in Law and Development Studies from Tilburg and Amsterdam University, the Netherlands (2017). She did field research for her PhD in Ecuador, Bhutan, South Africa, and at the UN in New York and Paris. She has published articles in world-renowned journals and books with respected publishers. She worked as a diplomat in Sri Lanka and Turkey and held several positions at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Southern Africa, North America, European Integration departments). She worked for the Advisory Council of International Affairs. She was Coordinator for UNESCO, human rights and SDGs at the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture including UNESCO Commission advisory member. Currently she is Strategic Advisor Western Hemisphere.
The book is written on a personal title.

Hardback

ISBN: 1-0364-1482-5
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-1482-5
Date of Publication: 2025-03-28

Paperback

ISBN: 1-0364-4702-2
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-4702-1
Date of Publication: 2025-04-08

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ISBN: 1-0364-1483-3
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-1483-2
Date of Publication: 2025-04-08

Categories: Social Sciences, Multidiscipline, Multidiscipline, Environmental Health, Sociology

Pages: 393

Subject Codes:

BIC: GTF, RNU, JFSL9
THEMA: GTP(5PB-AU-A), RNU(5PB-NZ-A), JBSL11(5PB-US-E)

Pages: 393

"Although Van Norren has written a book on Buen Vivir. Before writing it, she felt it and lived it hand in hand with people who make it a reality day by day.
- The book takes us by the hand through the various worlds in which Buen Vivir has been addressed: indigenous peoples, academia, the state and the international community. Van Norren does not neglect any source. In this book you will find an in-depth analysis of all sources. In this aspect, the importance and originality of this research can be appreciated. The views, besides being profound, are critical and proactive."
"In these pages we find a diverse, deep world, enriched with dozens of interviews, data and reflections, not free of contradictions and debatable readings, which open the door to new horizons. Here we see the profound influence exerted by the Andean mountains, the Amazonian jungles and in particular the communities, on those who, like Dorine van Norren, come to learn with humility and respect for indigenous cultures."
- Prof Alberto Acosta Former Ecuador Minister and Prof. in Economics

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