@article{jpe 1951, author = {Karen Bell}, title = {Green Economy or Living Well? Assessing divergent paradigms for equitable eco-social transition in South Korea and Bolivia}, volume = {23}, year = {2016}, url = {http://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/id/1951/}, issue = {1}, doi = {10.2458/v23i1.20180}, abstract = {<p>'Green Economy' and 'Living Well ('Vivir Bien)' have emerged as contending macro-policies in the search for a future direction that meets human needs whilst respecting environmental limits. There are a number of different interpretations of each concept but the dominant discourses in relation to each are distinct. Green Economy is presented as a fundamentally technological, managerial and market-based approach, whilst Living Well is considered to imply redistribution of wealth, inter-personal and inter-species reciprocity and eco-socialist development in harmony with nature. Contributing to the debate on the most effective strategic direction to take to achieve equitable and effective eco-social transition, this article examines the processes, politics and early impacts of attempts to implement these macro-policies in South Korea, a global Green Economy leader, and Bolivia, at the forefront of promoting the Living Well approach.</p>}, month = {12}, pages = {71-92}, keywords = {Environment,development,Vivir Bien,macro-policy,climate change,Global South}, issn = {1073-0451}, publisher={University of Arizona Libraries}, journal = {Journal of Political Ecology} }