New Extractivism

A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century?

AvJames Petras,Henry Veltmeyer

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In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the export of primary commodities as an antidote to the global recession. The New Extractivism addresses a fundamental dilemma faced by these governments: to pursue, or not, a development strategy based on resource extraction in the face of immense social and environmental costs, not to mention mass resistance from the people negatively affected by it.With fresh insight and analysis from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, this book looks at the political dynamics of capitalist development in a region where the neoliberal model is collapsing under the weight of a resistance movement lead by peasant farmers and indigenous communities. It calls for us to understand the new extractivism not as a viable development model for the post-neoliberal world, but as the dangerous emergence of a new form of imperialism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-13
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781780329949
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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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.

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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