The survival of non-capitalism

Bibliographic Data

ID4853776
AuthorsChris Hesketh (0000-0003-1104-9582, Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume34
Issue5
Pages877-894
Publication date2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0263775816639313
OpenAlexW2332893653
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited54

This article explores the importance of non-capitalist space within the global political economy. The issue of how to categorise and understand space in so-called peripheral regions such as Latin America has been a contentious one. Whilst many radical analyses have focused on the dynamics of capitalism in relation to the geography of development, explaining how it has been able to survive and grow, this article makes the case for a more multi-linear theoretical framework with which to view the socio-economic landscape. This is inspired not only by the later writings of Marx but also the specific Marxian class analysis of those involved in Rethinking Marxism. Via a focus on Oaxaca in southern Mexico, this article highlights both the survival and the recreation of spaces of non-capitalism, and provides an argument for why we should consider these to be important for transformative action more broadly, whilst also discussing their potential limitations

Argument (complex analysis · Capitalism · Class (philosophy · Economics · Epistemology · Latin Americans · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Transformative learning · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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