Pablo Garcés-Velástegui
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 873982 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Pablo Garcés-Velástegui |
| PRENOMES | Pablo |
| SOBRENOME | Garcés-Velástegui |
| ASSINATURA | GARCÉS-VELÁSTEGUI P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2058-8193 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2018 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Heterogeneidad causal y análisis comparativo cualitativo
Cómo explicar fenómenos en los que la evidencia respalda una relación causal entre una causa y resultados diferentes, incluso opuestos? Este es el desafío que plantea la heterogeneidad causal, un fenómeno prevalente pero poco estudiado en la realidad social. El análisis comparativo cualitativo (ACC), un enfoque de investigación basado en la teoría de conjuntos que utiliza análisis de necesidad y suficiencia para dilucidar la complejidad causal, e…
Accounting for the oil-democracy nexus
Does oil matter for democracy? If so, does it hinder or enable it? Although the literature has mainly found that oil is negatively associated with democracy, i.e. the political resource curse, there are also suggestions of a positive link. Despite the improvements in the debate in terms of sophistication in theory, conceptualization, and methods, the jury seems to still be out on this issue. That oil can lead to different, in fact opposite, outco…
Welfare Resource Curse and Blessing? Accounting for Causal Heterogeneity in the Oil‐Welfare Nexus
Resource rich countries find it particularly challenging to decarbonize their economies, remaining vulnerable to the negative effects of resource dependence, that is, the resource curse Nevertheless, growing evidence of a positive association between oil abundance and welfare suggests this can avoided. These opposite outcomes linked to the same condition indicates causal heterogeneity. This phenomenon is examined here to elucidate the conditions …
A Set Theoretic Approach to Account for Clumsy Solutions
How can solutions to complex or wicked problems like the sustainable energy transition be accounted for? Socio‐cultural viability theory, or cultural theory (CT) provides an answer. It postulates that wicked problems can be tackled by clumsy solutions, which accommodate all relevant perspectives. It also posits that the latter can be classified with its fourfold typology of worldviews. Despite this framework's influence on policy‐making, operatio…
Decoding populism’s ambiguity and causal complexity
The increasingly active academic debate on populism is a reflection of its relevance as a political and social reality. Significant efforts have been devoted to understanding what it is, leading to multiple definitions, and explaining how it comes about, producing various theories. Despite its contributions, this body of work shows scarce comparative research, which is necessary to improve both accounts. To address this situation, the use of fuzz…
Energy transitions
The current energy transition, sustainable in character, is conventionally regarded as a solution to the climate change problem. However, due to its inherent plurality it is useful to regard it as a problem itself, a wicked one. As such, it requires solutions that engage that complexity constructively, referred to as clumsy. To make sense of that plurality and indicate ways to harness it, socio-cultural viability theory is employed. First, applyi…
Varieties of populism in 21st-century Latin America and their manifestations in regional integration
“Populism” is a contested term, receiving multiple qualifications in the historical record. From classic to radical populism, the scholarship on Latin America’s experience is no exception. While such efforts to grasp the phenomenon underscore its inherent plurality, they fail to recognize its limited diversity, leading to questions about their analytical validity. To address this situation, we analyze a sample of speeches of six presidents in 21s…
Varieties of development
Development models are disputed in the global South and North, as evidenced by recent protests advancing different desirable social ends and means. The diversity of development ideas suggests it is a wicked problem, requiring clumsy solutions. Employing grid group cultural theory, this article elucidates that plurality and indicates ways to harness it. Four irreducible, ideal‐typical notions of development are found: market‐led individual prosper…
The politics of development in Ecuador
Recent protests and tense elections in Ecuador suggest a strong polarization regarding the development model. The diversity of vindications underscores the plurality of development notions, rendering it a wicked problem, which is characterized by the presence of multiple definitions. Employing sociocultural viability theory, four ideal‐typical and irreducible development models are found, illustrated by neoliberalism, developmentalism, multiple p…
Pragmatic Comparative Research
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a set‐theoretic approach that enables accounting for causal complexity, incorporating features of qualitative and quantitative methods. Pioneered in sociology, it is increasingly used in comparative research to explain social phenomena in various disciplines. Despite its growing adoption, and because of its eclectic nature, some methodological themes have proven elusive. Its philosophy of science is one s…
Development as ecology
Given the global social and environmental crises, Pope Francis reflects on the causes and solutions. His encyclicals, Laudato Si and Fratelli Tutti, suggest a plausible 'good change' or a notion of development. To locate his insights within the relevant debate, this article uses sociocultural viability theory, which proposes four ideal typical, mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive worldviews and development outlooks. The pontiff's reflection…
The Politics of Development in Colombia
Colombia, like other countries in the region, is undergoing a moment of self-definition. At its heart lies the issue of development. The increasing plurality of competing development models and political economies, however, complicates the discursive landscape and defies conventional approaches. To make sense of this complexity, grid group cultural theory and its typology of four irreducible, mutually exclusive, and jointly exhaustive ideal-typic…
From action to transaction
Development suggests the notion of «good change» and its research and practice are about bringing it to fruition. Perhaps, because of this emphasis on application, relatively less attention has been given to philosophical issues, although shedding more light on the latter can contribute to the former. Positivism and, to a lesser extent, constructivism, with their advantages and disadvantages, have dominated the field. Against this conventional di…
Philosophical pragmatism, pragmatic agency, and the treatment of evidence in social work
From the influential evidence-based practice (EBP), to the increasingly persuasive evidence-informed practice (EIP), in the last decades, the field has sought to adequately allocate scientific evidence within social work’s practice. While this development suggests a move away from positivism, it is less clear towards where. Thus, this article advances classical pragmatism as a plausible philosophy of science for the treatment of evidence to accou…
Governancing development in the Andes
Recent protests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile, as well as tense elections in Peru, Ecuador, and Chile, suggest strong polarization. At their heart lies a dispute for the development model. The plurality of factions and vindications underscore the plurality of development notions, rendering the situation a wicked problem. Grid group cultural theory makes sense of such complexity, identifying four irreducible cultures and their respective develop…
On behavioral human development policies
The influential Capability Approach, which is the basis of the Human Development paradigm, focuses on people and their quality of life to assess development. In doing so, it provides a rich account of human beings and their agency. This project has also tackled the issue of rationality but without offering an explanation for the making of inferior choices and non-reflective behavior. Although the literature has proposed behavioral economics to co…
Development in Latin America
The growing unrest regarding the social, political, economic and environmental state of affairs in Latin America suggests a deep challenge of the development model. Ideas about development matter because they seek to bring about social states by solving what are regarded as social ills. However, its definition is being increasingly disputed. This article makes sense of that plurality. Applying grid group cultural theory to this debate produces fo…
Humanizing development
Amartya Sen’s capability approach redefined development in terms of people and their quality of life. Since development suggests the idea of positive change, it highlights what is worth changing, the desirable outcome and the desirable way to achieve it. This influential framework has succeeded in engaging different disciplines in constructive debate. There is a growing, and dispersed, literature adding and critiquing it. Hence, providing a curre…
The reasoning agent
El enfoque de capacidades (EC) es un marco centrado en la libertad y orientado hacia la agencia para la evaluación de estados individuales y sociales. Efectivamente, se considera que la agencia tiene importancia intrínseca, instrumental y constructiva. Así, hay una creciente literatura que explora cómo capturar la agencia empíricamente. Sin embargo, relativamente menos se ha dicho sobre lo que la agencia del EC implica en sus propios términos. Es…
Using the Capability Approach and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Development Policy Evaluation
Policy evaluation is interested in studying what works, for whom, and under which circumstances. That is, it is interested in outcomes and their causes. Analyzing the former involves particular challenges when dealing with development policy since development is a contested concept. Therefore, it is pertinent to discuss the ends of policy. The Capability Approach (CA), a people-centered approach that defines development as freedom, is described. …
Form follows function in evidence-based public policy
For quite some time now there has been a push for more evidence-based public policy. The premise has been that policies informed by reliable data and analysis will achieve their expected results. In great measure, this demand has been answered by evidence built on the dominant approach in science: «positivism». In this paper, it is argued that positivism has important shortcomings which make it detrimental to that project. Thus, it makes the case…
Of ends and means
Policy assessment often involves the study of outcomes and their causes. Development policy analyses have conventionally used an economistic perspective with a focus mainly on pecuniary indicators and the search for the one model of best fit. However, i) if development policy outcomes are ultimately to be assessed in terms of people’s quality of life; and, ii) if policies establish similar outcomes for different people in different contexts, alte…
Realism over parsimony
Intergenerational mobility has been studied from two broad perspectives, namely, monetary and non-monetary. The dominant framework by far has been the former. However, it is not evident that monetary approaches are superior to non-monetary ones. In fact, in several respects, the latter shows clear advantages over the former. Hence, this article exposes the virtues and shortcomings that they have on each of the main stages relevant to the conduct …
Governancing development in the Andes
Recent protests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile, as well as tense elections in Peru, Ecuador, and Chile, suggest strong polarization. At their heart lies a dispute for the development model. The plurality of factions and vindications underscore the plurality of development notions, rendering the situation a wicked problem. Grid group cultural theory makes sense of such complexity, identifying four irreducible cultures and their respective develop…
Using the Capability Approach and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Development Policy Evaluation
Policy evaluation is interested in studying what works, for whom, and under which circumstances. That is, it is interested in outcomes and their causes. Analyzing the former involves particular challenges when dealing with development policy since development is a contested concept. Therefore, it is pertinent to discuss the ends of policy. The Capability Approach (CA), a people-centered approach that defines development as freedom, is described. …
Of ends and means
Policy assessment often involves the study of outcomes and their causes. Development policy analyses have conventionally used an economistic perspective with a focus mainly on pecuniary indicators and the search for the one model of best fit. However, i) if development policy outcomes are ultimately to be assessed in terms of people’s quality of life; and, ii) if policies establish similar outcomes for different people in different contexts, alte…
The politics of development in Ecuador
Recent protests and tense elections in Ecuador suggest a strong polarization regarding the development model. The diversity of vindications underscores the plurality of development notions, rendering it a wicked problem, which is characterized by the presence of multiple definitions. Employing sociocultural viability theory, four ideal‐typical and irreducible development models are found, illustrated by neoliberalism, developmentalism, multiple p…
Development in Latin America
The growing unrest regarding the social, political, economic and environmental state of affairs in Latin America suggests a deep challenge of the development model. Ideas about development matter because they seek to bring about social states by solving what are regarded as social ills. However, its definition is being increasingly disputed. This article makes sense of that plurality. Applying grid group cultural theory to this debate produces fo…
Welfare Resource Curse and Blessing? Accounting for Causal Heterogeneity in the Oil‐Welfare Nexus
Resource rich countries find it particularly challenging to decarbonize their economies, remaining vulnerable to the negative effects of resource dependence, that is, the resource curse Nevertheless, growing evidence of a positive association between oil abundance and welfare suggests this can avoided. These opposite outcomes linked to the same condition indicates causal heterogeneity. This phenomenon is examined here to elucidate the conditions …
A Set Theoretic Approach to Account for Clumsy Solutions
How can solutions to complex or wicked problems like the sustainable energy transition be accounted for? Socio‐cultural viability theory, or cultural theory (CT) provides an answer. It postulates that wicked problems can be tackled by clumsy solutions, which accommodate all relevant perspectives. It also posits that the latter can be classified with its fourfold typology of worldviews. Despite this framework's influence on policy‐making, operatio…
Pragmatic Comparative Research
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a set‐theoretic approach that enables accounting for causal complexity, incorporating features of qualitative and quantitative methods. Pioneered in sociology, it is increasingly used in comparative research to explain social phenomena in various disciplines. Despite its growing adoption, and because of its eclectic nature, some methodological themes have proven elusive. Its philosophy of science is one s…
On behavioral human development policies
The influential Capability Approach, which is the basis of the Human Development paradigm, focuses on people and their quality of life to assess development. In doing so, it provides a rich account of human beings and their agency. This project has also tackled the issue of rationality but without offering an explanation for the making of inferior choices and non-reflective behavior. Although the literature has proposed behavioral economics to co…
The reasoning agent
El enfoque de capacidades (EC) es un marco centrado en la libertad y orientado hacia la agencia para la evaluación de estados individuales y sociales. Efectivamente, se considera que la agencia tiene importancia intrínseca, instrumental y constructiva. Así, hay una creciente literatura que explora cómo capturar la agencia empíricamente. Sin embargo, relativamente menos se ha dicho sobre lo que la agencia del EC implica en sus propios términos. Es…
Realism over parsimony
Intergenerational mobility has been studied from two broad perspectives, namely, monetary and non-monetary. The dominant framework by far has been the former. However, it is not evident that monetary approaches are superior to non-monetary ones. In fact, in several respects, the latter shows clear advantages over the former. Hence, this article exposes the virtues and shortcomings that they have on each of the main stages relevant to the conduct …
Realism over parsimony
Intergenerational mobility has been studied from two broad perspectives, namely, monetary and non-monetary. The dominant framework by far has been the former. However, it is not evident that monetary approaches are superior to non-monetary ones. In fact, in several respects, the latter shows clear advantages over the former. Hence, this article exposes the virtues and shortcomings that they have on each of the main stages relevant to the conduct …
Form follows function in evidence-based public policy
For quite some time now there has been a push for more evidence-based public policy. The premise has been that policies informed by reliable data and analysis will achieve their expected results. In great measure, this demand has been answered by evidence built on the dominant approach in science: «positivism». In this paper, it is argued that positivism has important shortcomings which make it detrimental to that project. Thus, it makes the case…
Of ends and means
Policy assessment often involves the study of outcomes and their causes. Development policy analyses have conventionally used an economistic perspective with a focus mainly on pecuniary indicators and the search for the one model of best fit. However, i) if development policy outcomes are ultimately to be assessed in terms of people’s quality of life; and, ii) if policies establish similar outcomes for different people in different contexts, alte…
Humanizing development
Amartya Sen’s capability approach redefined development in terms of people and their quality of life. Since development suggests the idea of positive change, it highlights what is worth changing, the desirable outcome and the desirable way to achieve it. This influential framework has succeeded in engaging different disciplines in constructive debate. There is a growing, and dispersed, literature adding and critiquing it. Hence, providing a curre…
The reasoning agent
El enfoque de capacidades (EC) es un marco centrado en la libertad y orientado hacia la agencia para la evaluación de estados individuales y sociales. Efectivamente, se considera que la agencia tiene importancia intrínseca, instrumental y constructiva. Así, hay una creciente literatura que explora cómo capturar la agencia empíricamente. Sin embargo, relativamente menos se ha dicho sobre lo que la agencia del EC implica en sus propios términos. Es…
Using the Capability Approach and Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Development Policy Evaluation
Policy evaluation is interested in studying what works, for whom, and under which circumstances. That is, it is interested in outcomes and their causes. Analyzing the former involves particular challenges when dealing with development policy since development is a contested concept. Therefore, it is pertinent to discuss the ends of policy. The Capability Approach (CA), a people-centered approach that defines development as freedom, is described. …
Philosophical pragmatism, pragmatic agency, and the treatment of evidence in social work
From the influential evidence-based practice (EBP), to the increasingly persuasive evidence-informed practice (EIP), in the last decades, the field has sought to adequately allocate scientific evidence within social work’s practice. While this development suggests a move away from positivism, it is less clear towards where. Thus, this article advances classical pragmatism as a plausible philosophy of science for the treatment of evidence to accou…
Governancing development in the Andes
Recent protests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile, as well as tense elections in Peru, Ecuador, and Chile, suggest strong polarization. At their heart lies a dispute for the development model. The plurality of factions and vindications underscore the plurality of development notions, rendering the situation a wicked problem. Grid group cultural theory makes sense of such complexity, identifying four irreducible cultures and their respective develop…
On behavioral human development policies
The influential Capability Approach, which is the basis of the Human Development paradigm, focuses on people and their quality of life to assess development. In doing so, it provides a rich account of human beings and their agency. This project has also tackled the issue of rationality but without offering an explanation for the making of inferior choices and non-reflective behavior. Although the literature has proposed behavioral economics to co…
Development in Latin America
The growing unrest regarding the social, political, economic and environmental state of affairs in Latin America suggests a deep challenge of the development model. Ideas about development matter because they seek to bring about social states by solving what are regarded as social ills. However, its definition is being increasingly disputed. This article makes sense of that plurality. Applying grid group cultural theory to this debate produces fo…
From action to transaction
Development suggests the notion of «good change» and its research and practice are about bringing it to fruition. Perhaps, because of this emphasis on application, relatively less attention has been given to philosophical issues, although shedding more light on the latter can contribute to the former. Positivism and, to a lesser extent, constructivism, with their advantages and disadvantages, have dominated the field. Against this conventional di…
Varieties of development
Development models are disputed in the global South and North, as evidenced by recent protests advancing different desirable social ends and means. The diversity of development ideas suggests it is a wicked problem, requiring clumsy solutions. Employing grid group cultural theory, this article elucidates that plurality and indicates ways to harness it. Four irreducible, ideal‐typical notions of development are found: market‐led individual prosper…
The politics of development in Ecuador
Recent protests and tense elections in Ecuador suggest a strong polarization regarding the development model. The diversity of vindications underscores the plurality of development notions, rendering it a wicked problem, which is characterized by the presence of multiple definitions. Employing sociocultural viability theory, four ideal‐typical and irreducible development models are found, illustrated by neoliberalism, developmentalism, multiple p…
Pragmatic Comparative Research
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a set‐theoretic approach that enables accounting for causal complexity, incorporating features of qualitative and quantitative methods. Pioneered in sociology, it is increasingly used in comparative research to explain social phenomena in various disciplines. Despite its growing adoption, and because of its eclectic nature, some methodological themes have proven elusive. Its philosophy of science is one s…
Development as ecology
Given the global social and environmental crises, Pope Francis reflects on the causes and solutions. His encyclicals, Laudato Si and Fratelli Tutti, suggest a plausible 'good change' or a notion of development. To locate his insights within the relevant debate, this article uses sociocultural viability theory, which proposes four ideal typical, mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive worldviews and development outlooks. The pontiff's reflection…
The Politics of Development in Colombia
Colombia, like other countries in the region, is undergoing a moment of self-definition. At its heart lies the issue of development. The increasing plurality of competing development models and political economies, however, complicates the discursive landscape and defies conventional approaches. To make sense of this complexity, grid group cultural theory and its typology of four irreducible, mutually exclusive, and jointly exhaustive ideal-typic…
Decoding populism’s ambiguity and causal complexity
The increasingly active academic debate on populism is a reflection of its relevance as a political and social reality. Significant efforts have been devoted to understanding what it is, leading to multiple definitions, and explaining how it comes about, producing various theories. Despite its contributions, this body of work shows scarce comparative research, which is necessary to improve both accounts. To address this situation, the use of fuzz…
Energy transitions
The current energy transition, sustainable in character, is conventionally regarded as a solution to the climate change problem. However, due to its inherent plurality it is useful to regard it as a problem itself, a wicked one. As such, it requires solutions that engage that complexity constructively, referred to as clumsy. To make sense of that plurality and indicate ways to harness it, socio-cultural viability theory is employed. First, applyi…
Varieties of populism in 21st-century Latin America and their manifestations in regional integration
“Populism” is a contested term, receiving multiple qualifications in the historical record. From classic to radical populism, the scholarship on Latin America’s experience is no exception. While such efforts to grasp the phenomenon underscore its inherent plurality, they fail to recognize its limited diversity, leading to questions about their analytical validity. To address this situation, we analyze a sample of speeches of six presidents in 21s…
Heterogeneidad causal y análisis comparativo cualitativo
Cómo explicar fenómenos en los que la evidencia respalda una relación causal entre una causa y resultados diferentes, incluso opuestos? Este es el desafío que plantea la heterogeneidad causal, un fenómeno prevalente pero poco estudiado en la realidad social. El análisis comparativo cualitativo (ACC), un enfoque de investigación basado en la teoría de conjuntos que utiliza análisis de necesidad y suficiencia para dilucidar la complejidad causal, e…
Accounting for the oil-democracy nexus
Does oil matter for democracy? If so, does it hinder or enable it? Although the literature has mainly found that oil is negatively associated with democracy, i.e. the political resource curse, there are also suggestions of a positive link. Despite the improvements in the debate in terms of sophistication in theory, conceptualization, and methods, the jury seems to still be out on this issue. That oil can lead to different, in fact opposite, outco…
Welfare Resource Curse and Blessing? Accounting for Causal Heterogeneity in the Oil‐Welfare Nexus
Resource rich countries find it particularly challenging to decarbonize their economies, remaining vulnerable to the negative effects of resource dependence, that is, the resource curse Nevertheless, growing evidence of a positive association between oil abundance and welfare suggests this can avoided. These opposite outcomes linked to the same condition indicates causal heterogeneity. This phenomenon is examined here to elucidate the conditions …
A Set Theoretic Approach to Account for Clumsy Solutions
How can solutions to complex or wicked problems like the sustainable energy transition be accounted for? Socio‐cultural viability theory, or cultural theory (CT) provides an answer. It postulates that wicked problems can be tackled by clumsy solutions, which accommodate all relevant perspectives. It also posits that the latter can be classified with its fourfold typology of worldviews. Despite this framework's influence on policy‐making, operatio…
Political science (14 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Economics (11 obras) · Computer Science (7 obras) · Epistemology (7 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Politics (7 obras) · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research (7 obras) · Qualitative comparative analysis (6 obras) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (5 obras)