Typical Challenges of Governance for Sustainable Regional Development in Globalized Latin America: A Multidimensional Literature Review

Alejandro Balanzo, Leonardo Garavito, Héctor Rojas, Lenka Sobotova, Oscar Pérez, Diego Guaquetá, Alejandro Mojica, Juan Pavajeau and Sebastián Sanabria
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Alejandro Balanzo: Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Especiales CIPE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Leonardo Garavito: Centro de Investigación en Dinámicas Sociales CIDS, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Héctor Rojas: Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Especiales CIPE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Lenka Sobotova: Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Especiales CIPE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Oscar Pérez: Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Especiales CIPE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Diego Guaquetá: Centro de Investigaciones y Proyectos Especiales CIPE, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Alejandro Mojica: Colectivo Perspectiva Desarrollo, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Juan Pavajeau: Colectivo Perspectiva Desarrollo, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia
Sebastián Sanabria: Colectivo Perspectiva Desarrollo, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 111711, Colombia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-21

Abstract: The paper aims to identify and analyze what types of governance challenges for sustainable regional development in the context of globalization are more frequently found in scholarship regarding Latin America. In order to do so, we carried out a systematic review of scholarly works discussing regional sustainability issues across the region. Analytically, it provides a heuristic multidimensional framework for organizing and typifying the most frequent sustainable regional development governance challenges under study, offering a nuanced and interrelated account of economic, environmental, political, and socio-spatial scientific discussions. According to our findings, scholarship on Latin America shows a bricolage-like scenery where political atomization linked to economic factionalism and fragmentation stand out as frequently analyzed situations. Another frequent topic relates to discussions about political endeavors linked to environmental concerns, connecting incidence strategies with collective environmental conservation approaches.

Keywords: governance; sustainable regional development; Latin America; regional typology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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