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Social Innovation in Latin America: Maintaining and Restoring Social and Natural Capital

Social Innovation and Social and Natural Capital: Connecting the Dots Structure of the Book Research Implications and Future Research I. Conceptual frameworks to understand social innovation and natural and social capital in Latin America Buen Vivir, a decolonial approach to development The tales of 'development': the failure of its implementations From where Buen Vivir concept is emerging?The conceptualisation of Buen Vivir Buen Vivir's values Community: Ayllu Solidarity and reciprocity: Yanapay and Ayni Harmony and complementarity: Turaq and Hunt'ay Buen Vivir's pillars Rights of nature Community well-being Decolonisation Plurinational state Economic pluralism Démocratisation Critiques of Buen Vivir Concluding remarks Notes References Global governance to address local ills: The Universal Periodic Review aiding the creation of a third space in pursuit of land rights that support social innovation, biodiversity and natural capital in Latin America Colombia: land rights, social and natural capital UPR: an apt global governance mechanism A global governance regime UPR origins An apt mechanism UPR recommendations to Colombia Recommendations on the right to land Recommendations on indigenous peoples Recommendations on human rights defenders UPR and civil society Civil society - third cycle submissions for Colombia Civil society - communities of practice Conclusion - towards a third space?Note References II. Social Innovation and Natural Capital The environment through the regulation of emissions resulting from the automobile journeys in Peru Environmental status of the metropolis Transport in Lima-Callao metropolis City perspective Vehicle volume and its characteristics Urban travels and transport systems Sustainable urban mobility: the environmental challenge for a conscious citizenship Sustainable mobility campaigns SAN ISIDRO's district participation in the Sustainable Transport Awards 2018 Proposals for stakeholder integration: participatory innovation in awareness and change of habits Play-City: live on play mode PLAN B: rediscover the city without haste Conclusions Notes References The Purepechas of Cheran: Community solidarity, public security and environmental conservation in Mexico Resistance and reconstruction: the historical agency of the Pueblos Originarios in Mexico Michoacán: Intersecting Neoliberal Policies, Organized Crime, and Indigenous Resistance and Mobilization Cherán: Women Stepping Up for Public Security Conclusions Notes References The sustainable innovation of Salinerito in Ecuador Context and starting point of the Salinas innovation process The innovation process Immediate responses Organizational structuring and strengthening Strengthening - diversification of work sources From cooperativism to social and solidary economy Achievements Challenges Conclusions Notes References Socio-technical regimes to understand grassroots innovations and natural capital in Chile Dynamics of transformation in the agri-food system in Chile A foodscape in dispute Context and tensions in the agri-food regime A historical glance at the development of the Chilean agri-food regime The conflict on water Food inequality and obesity Niches: building alternatives for the transition to sustainability Social organizations, social and urban solidarity economies Rural social organizations, social and rural solidarity economies Niche-regime interaction as spaces for social innovation Democratization and politicization of food Public procurement policy for local foods Conclusions Acknowledgements References III. Social Innovation and Human Capital Entrepreneurship, associativity and social technologies in rural communities: A reading from the Papal Encyclical Laudato Si in Colombia Relations between the management of solidarity organizations from a society-nature approach Methodology Data gathering tools Findings Case a. Solidarity micro franchises Case b. Association of fish farmers of the Villeros Dam Case c. Solidarity organizations in the municipality of Granada and Cocorná Discussion Conclusion References Cooperativism in Acapulco, México: Roberto Cafiedo Villareal, Maria del Carmen Barragan Mendoza, and Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes Background: the socio-economic and political conditions of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico Cooperative movement and the Social and Solidarity Economy. Values of the SSE in the territory Conceptual theoretical framework: the SSE from epistemologies of the South Methodology: construction of the basis for the observation of the SSE in the territorial experience Results and discussion Conclusions Notes References The relationship with knowledge, skills of entrepreneurs and companies' internal factors: Findings from collective enterprises in Colombia Methodology Literature development and review Discussion Conclusions Notes References Fair trade focus of social joint and engine for the sustainable local development: Experiences in Quito-Ecuador with the American City of Fair Trade An apparently favorable environment for solidarity partnerships in Ecuador Associativity and the construction of local, national and international networks The basic fair trade count in Ecuador: David versus Goliath The learnings of two Ecuadorian fair trade organizations with certifications: Fair Trade Consortium and Ecuadorian Fair Trade Coordinator Associations of small producers: cultivation of principles, values and harmonious relationship with nature Field-city, exchange relations Products and services of a fair trade: quality, volumes and local markets A fair trade not certified Compliance criteria of fair trade cities and universities Intervention and pending tasks of the public sector and the academy Deficit of responsible consumers being ethical, ecological and supportive Challenges and the search for associative and solidarity social regional integration: South-South relationship The model of Quito, City of Latin American Fair Trade: from the experiences exposed to the current concretions and the near horizon Conclusions: future prospects and challenges References

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