A Political Geography of Latin America

The nation-states and peoples of South and Central America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, that together form the political geographical region of Latin America, encompass a wide range of societies, politics and economies. This text exposes the differences between places, regions and countries, individuals and societies, offering an invaluable insight into the themes of political and economic development, and provides a guide to understanding power and space relations. From the Antarctic to the tropical jungles, the coastal communities to the highland villages, the mega-cities to isolated rural existence, the political geographies of lives, localities, cities and rurality are too sophisticated to be subjected to generalizations. Adopting a critical human geography perspective, Jonathon Barton provides an understanding of similarities, difference and sophisticated human geographies.

Jonathan R. Barton is Senior Research Associate in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.

1 POWER TO THE PEOPLE? 2 FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN TO POST-COLD WAR GEOPOLITICS 3 LATIN AMERICAN GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY 4 THE ORGANISATION OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN SPACE 5 COMMUNITIES OF POVERTY, BODIES OF POWER 6 TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA