Resources for reform : oil and neoliberalism in Argentina / Elana Shever.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shever, Elana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Argentina.

Citizenship.

Kinship--Political aspects--Argentina.

Kinship.

Neoliberalism--Argentina.

Neoliberalism.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--Argentina.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Argentina.

Protest movements--Argentina.

Protest movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While most people live far from the sites of oil production, oil politics involves us all. Resources for Reform explores how people's lives intersect with the increasingly globalized and concentrated oil industry through a close look at Argentina's experiment with privatizing its national oil company in the name of neoliberal reform.Examining Argentina's conversion from a state-controlled to a private oil market, Elana Shever reveals interconnections between large-scale transformations in society and small-scale shifts in everyday practice, intimate relationships, and ident

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina; Part I. Neoliberal Kinship; 1. Affective Reform; 2. Creating a Privatized Public; Part II. Petroleum Citizenship; 3. Fueling Consumer Citizenship; 4. Creating Bonds; Conclusion: The Neoliberal Family and the Corporate Effect; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804783200

0804783209

OCLC:

795120551