List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introducing Latin American geographies. Sam Halvorsen
Part I: Core themes
Section 1 Historical and colonial geographies
Chapter 2: Decolonization and decoloniality. Federico Ferretti
Chapter 3: Borders and territory. Perla Zusman
Section 2 Political geographies
Chapter 4: Democracy. Sam Halvorsen and Fernanda Valeria Torres
Chapter 5: Geopolitics. Matthew C. Benwell and Andrés Núñez
Section 3 Economic and urban geographies
Chapter 6: Economies. Laura Sariego-Kluge
Chapter 7: Urbanization. Juan Miguel Kanai
Section 4 Development and environmental geographies
Chapter 8: (Post)Neoliberalism. Jean Grugel and Pía Riggirozzi
Chapter 9: International migration and displacement. Marcia A. Vera Espinoza and Vania Reyes Muñoz
Chapter 10: Sustainable development. Jessica Hope
Part II: Key Perspectives
Chapter 11: Dependency and capitalism in Latin America. Chris Hesketh
Chapter 12: Decolonising territory. Rogerio Haesbaert and Sam Halvorsen
Chapter 13: Relational Indigenous spatialities. Astrid Ulloa
Chapter 14: Feminist geographies. Sofia Zaragocin
Chapter 15: Afro-descendant geographies. Ana Laura Zavala Guillen and Nadia Mosquera Muriel
Part III: Uneven processes
Section 1 Ecologies
Chapter 16: Political ecology of cities and urbanization. Marcelo Lopes de Souza
Chapter 17: Socioecological crises and transitions. Maristella Svampa (trans. Sofia Negri)
Chapter 18: Health, environment, and disease. Eric D. Carter
Section 2 Urbanization
Chapter 19: Urban peripheries. Matthew A. Richmond
Chapter 20: Informality and public space. Veronica Crossa
Section 3 Resistances
Chapter 21: Social movements. Renato Emerson dos Santos
Chapter 22: Agrarian inequalities and conflicts. Bernardo Mançano Fernandes
Chapter 23: The politicization of life. Mariana Arzeno and Mónica Farías
Glossary of technical terms
Index
Biography
Sam Halvorsen is a Reader in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. His research examines the role of territory in grassroots politics and, more broadly, political participation and democracy in Latin America cities. He has published widely in journals such as Progress in Human Geography, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographies and the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. He is founder and chair of the Latin American Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society. He is currently editorial board member of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and Punto Sur and sits on the international editorial boards of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, Journal of Latin American Geography and Third World Quarterly.
"An engaging and accessible book which weaves together theoretical arguments and diverse case studies to enhance student understanding. It draws on voices and debates from across the region to provide insights on geographical concepts which are often ignored in English-language scholarship."
Professor Katie Willis, Royal Holloway, University of London
"Latin American Geographies is setting its subfield free from an Anglophone echo chamber. By creating genuine dialogues across continents and languages, this volume breathes new life into a Latin American geography as a discipline and a practice. Lively and persuasive, it is the new essential text for students and scholars alike."
Dr. Andrea Marston, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
