Latin American Geopolitics: Migration, Cities and Globalization

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This edited volume analyzes how migration, the conformation of urban areas, and globalization impact Latin American geopolitics. Globalization has decisively influenced Latin American nationhood and it has also helped create a global region with global cities that are the result of the urbanization process. Also, globalization and migration are changing Latin America's own vision as a collective community. This book tackles how migration triggers concerns about security, which lead to policies based on the protection of borders as a matter of national security. The contributors argue that economic regionalization-globalization promotes changes in the social and economic geography which refer to social phenomena, the dynamic of social classes and their spatial implications, all of which may impact economic growth on the region. The project will appeal to a wider audience including political scientists, scholars, researchers, students and non-academics interested in Latin American geopolitics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (César Álvarez Alonso, José Ignacio Hernández)....Pages 1-12 Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance Convergence: Building a Level Labor Playing Field Across Latin America (Mauro Pucheta, César Álvarez Alonso)....Pages 13-55 Movement of People in the Pacific Alliance: The Chilean Case (Lorena Oyarzún-Serrano)....Pages 57-82 Preserving Domestic Autonomy: Weak Migration Laws and the Mercosur Strategy of Limited Integration (Gabriel Cepaluni, Karina L. Pasquariello Mariano, Marcelo Passini Mariano)....Pages 83-107 Building Territories in Urban Settings: Family Networks of Indigenous Peoples in Argentina’s Hinterland (Claudia Salomon Tarquini)....Pages 109-131 Theoretical and Methodological Contributions of Social Mobilization in the Context of Globalization: A Case Study of Mexico 2010–2015 (Mary Luz Alzate Zuluaga)....Pages 133-166 Irregular Immigrants and the Use of Technology in Tapachula, Chiapas (Evelyn Téllez Carvajal, Dora Elia Ramos Muñoz, Ramón Abraham Mena Farrera)....Pages 167-189 Migrant Agricultural Laborers in Mexico: Transforming the Marginal Consciousness Through Education (Elena Anatolievna Zhizhko)....Pages 191-218 Correlation Between Violence and Forced Migration (Jorge A. Lopez)....Pages 219-234 A Critical Approach in the Context of Chilean Forestry Cities (Enrique Aliste, Marcela Salgado, Daniela Cea)....Pages 235-252 Conclusions (César Álvarez Alonso, José Ignacio Hernández)....Pages 253-267