Social exclusion in Ecuador. Buen Vivir and capitalist modernization

Abstract

This paper considers the adoption of the perspective of social inclusion developed in the Constitution, in the National Development Plan, and in the implementation of social policy at institutional level in Ecuador under President Correa’s administration. At normative level we can observe that a social inclusion approach has been developed, framed under the Buen Vivir paradigm which entails transforming the followed development model together with the meaning and the scope of social policies. This implies shifting from a social policy focused on poverty to a universal approach. The normative assumptions are analyzed, as well as the achievements and the obstacles at the implementation level, considering the extractive capitalist model.