ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explains the field of Inter-American studies, focuses on transnational or hemispheric dimensions of economic, political, social, and geographic dynamics that shape the different societies and communities in the Americas. It seeks to provide the framework and the tools needed to explore the hemispheric space of entanglements in the Americas as a new perspective in transregional area studies. The book provides a unilateral and homogenous narration of political economy, geopolitics and, governance in the Americas from a single perspective and explores different and entangled perspectives on the same concept. It describes a different take on transnational phenomena, cherishing the goal of developing a critical dialogical methodology by decolonizing key concepts, paradigms, and theories. The book provides a critical vocabulary within a dialogical and horizontal framework between North and South as well as South and South in the context of processes of globalization.
