Abstract

JIMENEZ-CASTILLO, Manuel Antonio. Beyond the Post-development: Progress Towards a Sustainable Cooperation. Soc. Econ. [online]. 2016, n.31, pp.175-191. ISSN 1657-6357.

In this article we aimed to refute the authority of post-structuralist discourse as an alternative to development. Using the analytical framework of the capabilities approach, we corroborated how from the concept of development as freedom can be overcome, without abandoning the epistemic relativism of post-developmentalism, the analytical reductionism of contemporary theories of development. Such analysis concludes that capabilities theory, in comparison with post-modern thesis, is not only more coherent normatively, but it can also be technically operative. To such end, original concepts such as "soft action" and "development trap" are incorporated to overcome, analytically, some of the empirical barriers (mainly commodity fetishism) that may interfere the success of a (sustainable) cooperation framework adapted to the challenges of development as freedom.

Keywords : capabilities; cooperation; development; freedom; sustainability.

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