Description
The Hedgehog-Fox Trilogy
Book Summary
A work that offers theoretical tools to understand how global processes, national trajectories, and regional dynamics shape center-periphery reproduction in contemporary capitalism. From a perspective situated in the Global South and the Latin American landscape, the author critically articulates three theoretical bodies from the north—Global Value Chains, Varieties of Capitalism, and New Regionalism—to explain the divergences and particularities that emerge in the periphery. A rigorous and holistic analysis that invites a rethinking of power and development relations in an interconnected world.
What is it about?
The book is positioned from the Global South, with special attention to the Latin American landscape, to identify and articulate theoretical tools that explain how global processes, national trajectories, and regional dynamics shape the reproduction of the center-periphery scheme. The work recovers a holistic perspective of capitalism, recognizing its multiple contradictory dynamics, and reviews three theoretical bodies developed in the north over the last two and a half decades: Global Value Chains, Varieties of Capitalism, and New Regionalism. Through their critical articulation, the author seeks to explain the underlying dynamics within the vast and diverse space known as the periphery, highlighting both the divergences and the particularities that take place within it.
Main themes
- Reconfiguration of the center-periphery relationship in global capitalism
- Global Value Chains and their impact on peripheral economies
- Varieties of Capitalism as a framework for understanding national differences
- New Regionalism and dynamics of regional integration
- Critical perspective from the Global South and Latin America
- Political economy of development and globalization
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at researchers, academics, and graduate students in social sciences, political economy, development studies, and economic geography. It is also of interest to analysts and professionals interested in globalization, Latin American regional dynamics, and critical theories of contemporary capitalism.
What this book contributes
- An original theoretical articulation that integrates and critiques three dominant approaches from the Global North
- Analytical tools to understand the particularities and divergences of the periphery in current capitalism
- A situated look from the Global South that enriches the debate on development and globalization
- A conceptual framework to analyze the reproduction of center-periphery asymmetries
- Renewed perspectives on the role of Latin America in the world economy
Technical specifications
- Author: Fernández, Víctor Ramiro
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Literary essays, Regional studies, Development studies, Globalization, Politics and government, Development economics and emerging economies, Political economy, Economic geography, Computing: general issues
- Collection: Globalizations
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition date: December 2016
- Number of pages: 400
- Weight: 690 g
Editorial review
A solid and critical theoretical proposal that connects global debates with peripheral realities. Its holistic approach and its articulation of three analytical currents make it a valuable tool for those seeking to understand the complexities of development in contemporary capitalism, especially from a Latin American perspective. Recommended for readers with prior training in social sciences who wish to delve into the dynamics of globalization and regional political economy.