Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to make a theoretical approach to the double periphery concept, as a restriction which determines international management in some substate units. Double periphery condition is connected to the environment, economy and politics which define a framework from where departaments, regions, provinces, municipalities, landers, and other, deploy its international management. The present study will focus of three cases: the province of Jujuy (Argentina), the department of Tarija (Bolivia) and the region of Tarapacá (Chile). The asymmetries in the international system and inside the State show the existence of structures which determine and characterize the international action of many actors, like the substate units. The double periphery situation is the framework from where substate units deploy its international management looking for new development opportunities in order to get over these restrictions.
Key words:
State; substate units; center; periphery; double periphery