Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers

Social Conflict and Ecological Crisis in the Senegal River Delta

AvMaura Benegiamo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century

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Beskrivning

This book examines ‘land-grabbing’ - its colonial roots and the fraught relationship between capital and nature amidst the current global socio-ecological crisis.Through ethnographic and archival research, Maura Benegiamo investigates an Italian company’s acquisition of 20,000 hectares in Senegal’s River Delta for agrofuel production and delves into the struggles of pastoral communities affected by the project. Through this landmark case, the book shows how European energy and global food security policies are reshaping rural spaces, expanding agrarian extractivism in sub-Saharan Africa.By shedding light on how contemporary capital–nature relationships perpetuate socio-ecological crises and colonial models, the book highlights the enduring forms of opposition to these processes. At the heart of these struggles lies a crucial question: how can we understand today’s crises while reclaiming alternative ways of living, producing and inhabiting the land?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 10 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529237825

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Maura Benegiamo is Assistant Professor in Economic and Labour Sociology at the University of Pisa. She has conducted research and consultant activities across Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America, focusing on environmental conflicts, natural resource extraction, and agrarian development. Her work has been published in various international scientific journals, and she is the creator of the documentary Progreso7, which documents resistance movements against large-scale mining in Guatemala.

Recensioner i media

"More socioenvironmental studies should address the Global South—not only because this part of the globe has been understudied, but especially because it comprises areas that are exposed to brutal forms of extractivism ... A brilliant example of critical environmental studies that embrace such a standpoint is Maura Benegiamo’s recent book." Monthly Review on Italian edition La terra dentro il capitale.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Luigi PellizzoniIntroduction‎: Colonial Fractures, Land-Grabbing and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism‎Chapter 1. New Frontiers, Old MarginsChapter 2. Africa as the Granary of the World? Land, Extractivism and Food SecurityChapter 3. Narratives and Failures of Green Development‎‎Chapter 4. Conflicts in Extractive Territories‎Conclusion: Pastoral Futures in Dialogue with Environmental Justice