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Latin American Extractivism

Latin American Extractivism

Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective
Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom

von: Steve Ellner

36,99 €

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 07.12.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9781538141571
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 304

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Titelbeschreibung

<p><span>This cutting-edge book presents a broad picture of global capitalism and extractivism in contemporary Latin America. Leading scholars examine the cultural patterns involving gender, ethnicity, and class that lie behind protests in opposition to extractivist projects and the contrast in responses from state actors to those movements.</span></p>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

<p><span>Foreword </span></p>
<p><span>Juan Carlos Monedero</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction: Rethinking Latin American Extractivism </span></p>
<p><span>Steve Ellner</span></p>
<p><span>Part I: The Global Focus </span></p>
<p><span>1 The Political Economy of Mining in Colombia: The New Face of Globalization? </span></p>
<p><span>Kyla Sankey</span></p>
<p><span>2 Financialization, Institutional Reform, and Structural Change in the Bolivian Boom (2006–2019) </span></p>
<p><span>Alfredo Macías Vásquez and Jorge García-Arias</span></p>
<p><span>3 South-South Cooperation or Dependency with “Chinese Characteristics” in Venezuela? </span></p>
<p><span>Emma Miriam Yin-Hang To</span></p>
<p><span>Part II: The Pink Tide Countries </span></p>
<p><span>4 Reframing Resource Nationalism: Social Forces and the Politics of Extractivism in Latin America’s Pink Tide </span></p>
<p><span>Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrández</span></p>
<p><span>5 Extractivism and Resource Nationalism in Bolivia: Foreign Direct Investment Policy and Development under Evo Morales </span></p>
<p><span>María J. Paz and Juan M. Ramírez-Cendrero</span></p>
<p><span>6 Extractive Policies in Mexico at the Outset of López Obrador’s Presidency </span></p>
<p><span>Darcy Tetreault</span></p>
<p><span>7 Tracing the Political Life of Kimsacocha: Conflicts over Water and Mining in Ecuador’s Southern Andes </span></p>
<p><span>Teresa A. Velásquez</span></p>
<p><span>8 The Gendered Dimensions of Soybean Extractivism in Argentina </span></p>
<p><span>Amalia Leguizamón</span></p>
<p><span>Part III: Conservative and Right-Wing Governments </span></p>
<p><span>9 Mining Governance in El Salvador and Honduras: Lessons from Contrasting Approaches to Extractivism </span></p>
<p><span>Anthony Bebbington, Benjamin Fash, and John Rogan</span></p>
<p><span>10 The Other Extractivism: The Andean State and Small-Scale and Artisanal Gold Mining </span></p>
<p><span>Zaraí Toledo Orozco</span></p>
<p><span>11 Black Women’s Struggles against Extractivism, Land Dispossession, and Marginalization in Colombia </span></p>
<p><span>Castriela Esther Hernández Reyes</span></p>
<p><span>Index </span></p>
<p><span>About the Contributors </span></p>
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Autorenportrait

<p><span>Steve Ellner</span><span> is a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, and is currently associate managing editor of </span><span>Latin American Perspectives</span><span>. His books include </span><span>Rethinking Venezuelan Politics</span><span> and his edited </span><span>Latin America’s Pink Tide</span><span>, </span><span>Latin America’s Radical Left</span><span>, and (coedited) </span><span>Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and the Decline of an “Exceptional Democracy</span><span>.</span><span>”</span></p>

Sonderbeitrag

<p><span>3/9/2021 - The Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) </span><span>published editor Steve Ellner’s statement on the Biden administration’s new Venezuela policy. The page includes a link to the book and the book’s cover image. Link: <a href="https://accuracy.org/release/bidens-venezuela-policy-continuity-disguised-as-change/"><span>https://accuracy.org/release/bidens-venezuela-policy-continuity-disguised-as-change/</span></a></span></p>