ABSTRACT
This conclusion covers some closing thoughts of key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explains grounds for connecting conceptually the struggles of social movements taking place in distinct localities in North, Central, and South America grounds that would allow contributing to the construction of a relational theory of the repolitizication of poverty across the continent. The authors note that there is little research on social movement networking and rescaling that uses the concept of the Americas as a basis for the repoliticization of poverty. Despite commonly shared forces that produce poverty in both the North and the South, deeply entrenched dualism is one force working against both research and a more substantial development of such cross-continental linkages and imaginaries. The ability to network across social sectors is a major success factor for social movements. The involvement of social movements in the ALBATCP initiative is a promising approach to including social movements in transnational governance.
