1st Edition
Territorial Development in Latin America Cultural, Economic and Environmental Dimensions
List of Figures and Tables
List of Contributors
Preface
Part 1. Conceptual framework
Chapter 1. Introduction
Diana Morales
Laura Sariego-Kluge
Tiago Teixeira
Chapter 2. A brief history of development in Latin America
Laura Sariego-Kluge
Diana Morales
Tiago Teixeira
Introduction
Modernisation and dependency theories
Neoliberalism and development
The Pink Tide and neoextractivism
Territorial development
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Territory and development in regional studies and Latin American literature
Diana Morales
Laura Sariego-Kluge
Tiago Teixeira
Introduction
Territory in Anglo-Saxon economic geography and regional studies
Evolution of territory in Latin American geography
Conclusion, broadening territory
Chapter 4. Territories and root development: Contributions for a popular, decolonial and counterhegemonic research agenda
Marcos Aurelio Saquet; Pamela Cichoski
Introduction
Between Geography, Economics and Sociology: limits of Eurocentrism and universalism
PAR, consciousness of class and place in the territory to decolonise knowledge
Our learnings about PAR
Conclusion
Part 2. Case studies
Chapter 5. Dependency, food production and territorialization at the borders of capital in Argentina
Martin Sotiru; Mariano Féliz
Introduction
Dependency and food
From territory to (re/de)territorialization
Agribusinesses and (re/ de)territorialization in Latin America
Where there is re-deterritorialization, there is resistance
Recent experiences in Argentina
The Transgenic Daily Bread
Mega pig farms against all odds
Agroecological colonies for food sovereignty
Guaminí and the construction of a network to expand agroecology
Conclusions
Chapter 6. Yerba Mate. Technoscientific political arena and territorial development in the Iguaçu Valley (Paraná, southern Brazil)
Ricardo Gomes Luiz; Maclovia Corrêa da Silva
Introduction
Technology, technoscience and development
Methodology
Yerba Mate Cultivation in the Iguaçu Valley
Results and discussion
Technological Triumphalism
Performance of the Technoscientific Political Arena
Technoscientific Political Arena and Territorial Development
Conclusions
Chapter 7. Multiple Territorialities in Pampa del Indio, Argentina (2011-2021)
Malena Castilla
Introduction
Case study
Methodology
Territoriality, development, and land grabbing
Results and discussion. Increased productivity and incorporation of the local population
Regional integration and international development projects
Boosting production with road networks and water infrastructure
Indigenous Peoples Plan: Incorporation, Mitigation, and Conflict Containment
Conclusions
Chapter 8. Building biocultural territories in the Solares of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Ana Julia Cabrera
Introduction
Conceptualising the territory
Indigenous peoples' territory and bioculturalism
An alternative development from the territory
Methods and case study location
The Maya biocultural territory of the Yucatán Peninsula
Los solares
Ma’alob kuxtal as a key to the biocultural continuity of the territory
Conclusions
Chapter 9. Regional cooperation as local development agendas. Coffee Cultural Landscape (Colombia) and Coopeumo (Chile)
Diana Morales
Introduction
Regional cooperation and local development.
Regional cooperation in public administration studies
Regional cooperation in geography studies
Regional cooperation and local development
Methodology and Case Studies
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Peumo farmers' cooperative (Coopeumo)
Building territories through cooperation
Uneven local development
Local development agendas
Local Development and Social Wellbeing
Local and Sustainable Development
Local Development and Neoliberalism
Development for Whom?
Conclusions
Chapter 10. Territorialization of drug dealing in marginalised neighbourhoods of the Costa Rican capital
Sebastián Saborío
Introduction
Territory, territoriality and territorialization
Methodology
‘No, we don't have that mapped’: Territoriality, classification of an area and the communication of possession-exclusion
‘Each to his own and we all live in peace’: The ability to impose spatial control and authority
Conclusions
Chapter 11: Conclusions. Territories and development in Latin America
Tiago Teixeira
Laura Sariego-Kluge
Diana Morales
Index
Biography
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.
