Buen vivir as an alternative to sustainable development : lessons from Ecuador

Introduction -- The Brief History of Development and Sustainable Development -- Towards an Alternative to Development: The Growing Legitimacy of Post-Development -- Sustaining the 'Good Life': Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Sustainable Development -- Understandings of Buen Vivir in Ecuador's Cotacachi Canton -- Living Well and Buen Vivir: Practice vs. Policy? -- Challenging the Good Life -- Rethinking Sustainability: Making the Global Align with the Local -- Implementing Buen Vivir: The Practical Pathway to Transformation -- New Horizons for Socio-Eco Wellbeing: Concluding Remarks.