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Boaventura de Sousa Santos – Development or self determination?

Boaventura de Sousa Santos Lecture at Leverhulme, London 21 March 2012.

Audio file in English.

Topic: Development or self-determination?

Boaventura de Sousa Santos explores the economic alternatives to the endless accumulation of capitalism and the destruction of the environment. The study of non-capitalist forms of organisation, within the perspective of a plural economy, includes recognising and valuing initiatives such as cooperatives, fair trade, political ecology, time banks, etc.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos Leverhulme_Lecture_2 Development or self determination (21-03-2012)

 

 

 

 
 

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