Spaces of Capital/spaces of Resistance: Mexico and the Global Political EconomyBased on original fieldwork in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, this book offers a bridge between geography and historical sociology. Chris Hesketh examines the production of space within the global political economy. Drawing on multiple disciplines, Hesketh's discussion of state formation in Mexico takes us beyond the national level to explore the interplay between global, regional, national, and sub-national articulations of power. These are linked through the novel deployment of Antonio Gramsci's concept of passive revolution, understood as the state-led institution or expansion of capitalism that prevents the meaningful participation of the subaltern classes. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER 1 Geographical Politics and the Politics of Geography | 13 |
CHAPTER 2 Latin America and the Production of the Global Economy | 43 |
The Politics of State Space and Class Formation in Modern Mexico | 72 |
Defending Place and Producing Space in Oaxaca | 102 |
Class Power and the Production of Chiapas | 135 |
Conclusion | 173 |
Notes | 185 |
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