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The Critical Development Studies Network brings together researchers, academics and institutions for the purpose of creating a new, critical approach to the teaching of Development Studies for the 21st Century. 
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The CDS Network is presently hosted by the Academic Unit in Development Studies, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
FROM ZACATECAS TO HALIFAX AND BACK:TOWARDS A CDS NETWORK To advance alternative forms of knowledge in the field of development, a group of academics and researchers at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ), in collaboration with colleagues other institutions such as Saint Mary’s University, founded (in 2004) a programme of postgraduate studies leading to the doctoral degree.  In October 2006 this collaboration led to the founding conference of what is now the Critical Development Studies (CDS) Network. The Conference ended with a resolution (the Halifax Communiqué) that included the following statement of aims : To constitute a network of scholars and institutions that share the goals and broad interest in promoting a critical perspective on the way development is conceived and studied;  Share among member institutions human resources, bibliographic databases and where practicable physical resources and facilities; Create a south-north pool of researchers to provide direction to graduate students within the Network in the direction of CDS;  Advance research oriented by a concern for critical thinking and analysis, and the constitution of alternative forms of development knowledge geared to substantive social change; Offer an annual CDS Summer School open to students at any institution in the Network.
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Membership The CDS Network is fortunate to count among its membership many of the top institutions and researchers in their respective fields within Development Studies. As an unfunded, volunteer-run network, there are (presently) no membership fees.  If you wish to be included on our mailing list, contact:
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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28 September 2018: CDS Seminar Details TBA
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19–20 May 2016, Zacatecas, Mexico Rethinking Latin American Development: Toward a New Paradigm for the 21st-Century / Repensando el desarrollo en América Latina: Hacía un nuevo paradigma para el siglo XXI
No cabe duda que estamos en un momento histórico en que es imprescindible realizar un balance a fondo de las nuevas teorías y prácticas del desarrollo. Proponemos, pues, examinar críticamente lo que se ha aprendido en las últimas décadas en relación a lo que se ha llamado el neo-desarrollismo, el socialismo del Siglo XXI y el Buen Vivir. Nos proponemos llevar a cabo un debate abierto sobre cuál ha sido la relación entre los gobiernos progresistas y los movimientos sociales. Ante todo nos interesa vislumbrar si es posible, o aún deseable, plantear hoy en día una nueva teoría latinoamericana del desarrollo del nivel de generalidad como fue la teoría de la dependencia en su día. El propósito de este taller es abrir un diálogo productivo, y mirando al futuro, entre los análisis académicos y las perspectivas políticas con miras a establecer una plataforma de discusión permanente acerca de posibles opciones de transformación social para América Latina sustentadas en el pensamiento crítico.
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REPENSANDO EL DESAROLLO EN AMÉRICA LATINA:HACIA UN NUEVO PARADIGMA PARA EL SIGLO XXIEndFragment
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Desde el comienzo de este siglo hemos visto una serie de cambios fundamentales en la teoría y la práctica del desarrollo en América Latina. Mientras las teorías dominantes de los años 80 y 90, basadas en el llamado Consenso de Washington, priorizaron el papel protagónico del mercado, ahora se ha comenzado a imaginar y elaborar un modelo de desarrollo pos-neoliberal. Sea desde los nuevos gobiernos progresistas, los movimientos sociales o incluso de algunos organismos internacionales como la CEPAL, se ha repensado el papel del Estado, la importancia de combatir la pobreza y la desigualdad, la cuestión del medio ambiente, la opresión de género y las identidades culturales. Esta búsqueda creativa de nuevos derroteros plantea alternativas conceptuales y prácticas al paradigma hasta ahora dominante.
Mesas
Economista ecuatorianoUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAMX) Consultor independienteUniversité Grenoble-AlpesCentro Latino Americano de Ecología Social, MontevideoInstituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina, Ernesto Laclau (INDEAL) University of LiverpoolEl Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) ChiapasSIGDS, University of Ottawa  Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas CIDES-UMSA, La PazUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
ORGANIZADORES Ronaldo Munck Henry Veltmeyer Raúl Delgado Wise Kyla Sankey
PARTICIPANTES 
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Alberto Acosta  David Barkin Milford Bateman  Franck Gaudichaud  Eduardo Gudynas  Ronaldo Munck  Marieke Riethof  Peter Rosset Susan Spronk Henry Veltmeyer  Fernanda Wanderley  Raúl Delgado Wise
Introducción
10:15-11:00 horas  La Problemática:América Latina, desarrollo democrático y transformación social: Ronaldo Munck
14:00 – Clausura
11:00-12:30 horas MESA I: ¿El fin del ciclo progresista?La nueva geo-economía políticaModerador: Darcy TetraultFranck Gaudichaud, Henry Veltmeyer, Susan Spronk
22:00-12:10 – coffee break
MESAS
1230 - 1300 coffee break
13:00-15:00 horas MESA II: Neoextractivismo y el buen vivir: Las prospectivas del progresismoModerador: Humberto MárquezAlberto Acosta, Eduardo Gudynas, Fernanda Wanderley
10:00-10:15 horas – Bienvenida (Rodolfo Garcia Zamora
12:10-14:00 horas - MESA REDONDA:  Prospectivas del Desarrollo y la Democracia  en América Latina. Facilitado por Ronaldo Munck
17:00-19:00 horas MESA III: Desarrollo desde abajo: Propuestas de los movimientos socialesModerador: Carlos LucioPeter Rosset, Milford Bateman
15:00-17:00 horas – Almuerzo
Mayo 20 10:00-12: 00 horas - MESA IV: La transformación política: Propuestas anti- sistémicas Raúl Delgado Wise, Marieke Riethof, David Barkin
Peter Rosset, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) Chiapas
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Post-event update:
We are pleased to report the successful conclusion of an informative and productive workshop in Zacatecas. This gathering of researchers resulted in shared knowledge, new professional relationships and plans for new future work as we seek to identify, explain and inform the nature of Latin American Development in the 21st-Century. For those who are interested in the presentations of those who spoke at our workshop, please see the links provided on this page to access audio, video, powerpoint decks and photos from the event. The CDS network plans to offer other opportunities for academics, researchers, practitioners and others to share their experiences and perspectives on development in the region. Contact us if you would like to be notified of future events, or visit our page which is updated as activities warrant.
SSHRC CONNECTION • ZACATECAS WORKSHOP19–20 May 2016
The Workshop
Ronaldo Munck
Fernanda Wanderley
Alberto Acosta
Marieke Riethof
David Barkin
Milford Bateman
Repensando el desarollo en América Latina: Hacía un nuevo paradigma para el siglo XXI
Raúl Delgado Wise
Peter Rosset
Rodolfo García Zamora
Presentaciones
Mesa Redonda
Franck Gaudichaud
Susan Spronk
Eduardo Gudynas
Henry Veltmeyer
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Fernanda Wanderley CIDES-UMSA La Paz, Bolivia
Mesa II: Neoextractivismo y el buen vivir: Las prospectivas del progresismo
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Moderador: Humberto Márquez Covarrubias
Alberto Acosta Economista ecuatoriano Profesor-Investigador, FLACSO
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Eduardo Gudynas Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social, Montevideo, UY
PRESENTATIONS
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Mesa I: ¿El fin del ciclo progresista? La nueva geo-economía política
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Franck Gaudichuad Université Grenoble-Alpes
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Susan Spronk SIGDS, University of Ottawa
Henry Veltmeyer Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
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Moderador: Darcy Tetreault
Peter Rosset El Colegio de la Frontera Sur(ECOSUR), Chiapas
Milford Bateman Consultor independiente
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Moderador: Carlos Lucio
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Mesa III: Desarrollo desde abajo: Propuestas de los movimientos sociales
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Mesa IV: La transformación política: Propuestas anti-sistémicas
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David Barkin Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAMX)
Marieke Riethof University of Liverpool
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Raúl Delgado Wise Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Mesa Redondo
Moderador: Ronaldo Munck
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Bienvenida
Rodolfo García Zamora Director, 2012–2016 Unidad Académico en Estudios del Desarrollo Universidad Auónoma de Zacatecas, México
Ronaldo Munck Instituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina, Ernesto Laclau (INDEAL) 
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La Problematica
Description: Since the year 2000 Latin America has been at the forefront of a series of diverse experiments with alternative forms, pathways and models of economic development and at the cutting edge of the international theoretical and political debates that surround these experiments. Reframing Latin American Development brings together leading scholars from Latin America and elsewhere to debate and discuss the current practice and futures of the Latin American experience with alternative forms of development over the last period and particularly since the end of neoliberal dominance. The models discussed range from the neo developmentalism approach of growth with equity, to the Buen Vivir (How to Live Well) philosophy advanced by the indigenous communities of the Andean highlands and implemented in the national development plans of the governments of Bolivia and Ecuador. Other models of alternative development include the so-called socialism of the twenty-first century and diverse proposals for constructing a social and solidarity economy and other models of local development based on the agency of community-based grassroots organizations and social movements. Reframing Latin American Development will be of particular interest to researchers, teachers and students in the fields of international development, Latin American studies and the economics, politics and sociology of development. © 2018 – Routledge 212 pages Hardback: 9781138048614 ($140.00 USD) e-Book: 9781315170084 (from $27.48 USD)  Paperback: pending
REFRAMING LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT(Routledge, 2018) Ch1: Challenges and Prospects for Change in Latin America: A Foresight Perspective                     Ronaldo Munck Part I: The Progressive Wave: Results and Prospects Ch2: Whither Latin America: Outcomes of the Progressive Cycle                     Claudio Katz Ch3: Extractivism: Tendencies and Consequences                     Eduardo Gudynas Ch4: The Social Economy in Latin America: Alter- or Post-Development?                     Henry Veltmeyer Part II: Beyond Neoliberalism: Case Studies Ch5: Living Well from an Ecuadorian Perspective: Philosophies without Philosophers,           Actions without Theories                    Alberto Acosta Ch6: Between Extractivism and Living Well: Experiences and Challenges in Bolivia                     Fernanda Wanderley Ch7: Two Decades of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution: Achievements and Limits                      Gabriel Hetland Ch8: Evolution of the Struggle for Land and Territory in La Via Campesina International                     Peter Rosset Conclusion: Looking to the Future Ch9: A World Encompassing Many Worlds: Contributions of the Zapatista Movement           to Critical Thinking on Development                     Raúl Delgado Wise and Aida Martínez Olivares
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