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This book discusses development and its intricate connection with the territories where development policies are applied. It explains how conceptualisations alternative to economic growth have evolved in Latin American geographical literature and shows their practical applications in various contexts.
List of contents
Part 1. Conceptual framework 1. Introduction 2. A brief history of development in Latin America 3. Territory and development in regional studies and Latin American literature 4. Territories and Root-development: Contributions of a popular, decolonial and contra hegemonic research agenda Part 2. Case studies 5. Dependency, food production and territorialization at the borders of capital in Argentina 6. Yerba Mate. TTechnoscientific political arena and territorial development in the Iguaçu Valley, Paraná, southern Brazil 7. Multiple Territorialities in Pampa Del Indio, Argentina from 2011-2021 8. Building biocultural territories in the Solares of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico 9. Regional cooperation as local development agendas. Coffee Cultural Landscape in Colombia and Coopeumo, Chile 10. Territorialization of drug dealing in marginalised neighbourhoods of the Costa Rican capital 11: Conclusions. Territories and development in Latin America
About the author
Diana Morales is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Culture TIK, University of Oslo.
Laura Sariego-Kluge is a Lecturer and Researcher Escuela de Administración Pública, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Tiago Teixeira is a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
Summary
This book discusses development and its intricate connection with the territories where development policies are applied. It explains how conceptualisations alternative to economic growth have evolved in Latin American geographical literature and shows their practical applications in various contexts.
