Post-Soviet Latvia and post-apartheid South Africa are far apart geographically and yet have endured a similar history of colonial and authoritarian rule before transitioning to democracy at the end of the 20th century. This book examines these two nations in an unusual comparative study of post-authoritarian efforts to decolonize production and trade.
The book combines an analysis of political economy and ecocultural heritage to unpack alternative trade formations. It also connects world systems thinking with Indigenous knowledge to articulate a decolonial theory of development and change over the longue durée. Conclusions and insights drawn are timely and important for a planet confronted by crises such as authoritarianism, laissez-faire capitalism, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This book advocates development in a disarming way by postulating a theory that enables economic and social growth in a context of environmental harmony and cultural integrity. George K. Danns, University of North Georgia
1. Transformative Societies2. A Comparative History of Latvia and South Africa3. Indigenous Baltic Knowledge: Daina Philosophy4. Indigenous African Knowledge: Ubuntu Philosophy5. Organic Farming and Slow Food in Post-Soviet Latvia6. Fair Trade and Rooibos Terroir in Post-Apartheid South Africa7. Decolonizing Development
Jennifer Keahey is Associate Professor in Sociology at the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Arizona State University, US. She is also an Associate at the Centre for Fair and Alternative Trade Studies at Colorado State University, US.
