Re-shared urban space: New actors and processes in South American cities
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2018-06
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Wydział Nauk Geograficznych i Geologicznych Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza
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Following stormy debate regarding the role of globalisation and global space in development, geographical
analyses are now tending to return to matters of place, and its role in people’s lives. Given that Latin America’s cities
were founded by Europeans, one might expect them to be characterised by processes and phenomena similar to European
experiences and general processes of globalisation today. In fact, however, specific socio-cultural features arising
from both the colonial and pre-colonial past of this region, political factors (especially that reflecting the presence of
powerful elites descended from the Spanish) and economic features (interest in the region’s resources being displayed
by foreign investors) have all conspired to ensure that Latin America is characterised by a development trajectory
distinct from those in other regions, as well as by contemporary structures in urbanised areas being shaped by diverse
political and economic forces, mechanisms ever-present in the region’s culture and politics deriving from social stratification,
strong regionalisms, and diversified economic potential and global relationships.
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cities, spatial division, Latin America, globalisation
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Quaestiones Geographicae vol. 37 (2), 2018, pp. 39-46