South–South Cooperation and the Geographies of Latin America–Caribbean Integration and Development: A Socio‐Spatial Approach |
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Authors: | Thomas Muhr |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Habib University, Pakistan;2. Centre for International Education Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK |
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Abstract: | Structured around the case of South–South cooperation in the construction of “complementary economic zones” among the member states of the ALBA‐TCP, Petrocaribe, CARICOM and MERCOSUR, this article argues for a socio‐spatial approach to the study of the Latin America–Caribbean integration and development. Two interrelated arguments are developed: first, in contrast to methodologically nationalist approaches, which typically view the regionalisms that are to form the complementary economic zones as ideologically separate, incompatible or conflicting projects, a socio‐spatial approach in conjunction with a South–South cooperation analytical lens explains their commonality and, subsequently, their interrelatedness and convergence. Second, while this South–South cooperation space is not per se non‐capitalist, a socio‐spatial analysis also facilitates “seeing” the production of a socialist “counter‐space” within this South–South cooperation structure. |
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Keywords: | development space South– South cooperation socialism regionalism Latin America– Caribbean desarrollo espacio cooperació n Sur– Sur socialismo regionalismo Latino Amé rica– Caribe |
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