New Extractivism

Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Development Studies at Saint Mary's University (Canada) and at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico). He is author, co-author and editor of over forty books on issues regarding Latin American and world development, including Critical Development Studies: Tools for Change (2011), The Cuban Revolution as Socialist Human Development (2011), and Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization (2013). Books co-authored with James Petras include Globalization Unmasked (Zed 2001), System in Crisis (2003), and What's Left in Latin America (2009).James Petras is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Binghampton University and Adjunct Professor in International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University (Canada). He is the author and co-author of over sixty books and numerous other writings on the dynamics of world affairs and Latin American development, including Globalization Unmasked (Zed 2001), Social Movements and the State (2005), Multinationals on Trial (2007), What's Left in Latin America (2009), and Social Movements in Latin America (2011). Many of his periodical and political writings are accessible via www.rebelion.org.

The authors of this book skilfully expose the contradictions and limitations of both neoliberal and progressive extractivism. They masterfully expose the pillage of the continent's natural resources and highlight the struggles of resistance and contestation by indigenous communities against today's imperialist plundering. This book is a worthy and brilliant introduction to contemporary Latin America.

• Introduction1. A new model or extractive imperialism?2. Argentina: Extractivist dynamics of soya production and open-pit mining - Norma Giarracca and Miguel Teubal3. Bolivia: Between voluntarist developmentalism and pragmatic extractivism - Henry Veltmeyer4. Colombia: The mining boom: a catalyst of development or resistance? - Kyla Sankey5. Ecuador: Extractivist dynamics, politics and discourse - Pablo Dávalos and Verónica Albuja6. Mexico: The political ecology of mining - Darcy Victor Tetreault7. Peru: Mining capital and social resistance - Jan Lust8. Theses on extractive imperialism and the post-neoliberal state