Development in Latin America : toward a new future / Maristella Svampa ; translation by Mark Rushton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svampa, Maristella, author.

Contributor:

Rushton, Mark, translator.

Series:

Critical development studies ; 3.

Critical development studies ; 3

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Latin America.

Economic development--Latin America.

Economic development.

Natural resources--Latin America.

Natural resources.

Capitalism--Latin America.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

x, 109 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba ; Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing ; Warwickshire, UK : Practical Action Publishing, 2019.

Language Note:

Translated from the original Spanish.

Summary:

"In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development--the workings (on people and societies) of the world capitalist system--in the context of Latin America, where these dynamics have had their most notable outcomes. She focuses on the phenomenon of “neoextractivism,” the combination of the global advance of resource-seeking extractive capital (foreign investments in the extraction of natural resources) and the commodities consensus (export of raw materials), among both neoliberal and progressive governments--analyzing their common elements as well as their differences. Svampa explores the complex dynamics of socio-environmental conflict associated with neoextractivism, as well as what she refers to as the “eco-territorial turn.” Svampa's analysis includes both the ecological and gender dimensions of the global and regional capitalist development process."-- Provided by publisher.

"In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development--the workings (on people and societies) of the world capitalist system--in the context of Latin America, where these dynamics have had their most notable outcomes. She focuses on the phenomenon of (3z (Bneoextractivism, (3y (Bthe combination of the global advance of resource-seeking extractive capital (foreign investments in the extraction of natural resources) and the commodities consensus (export of raw materials), among both neoliberal and progressive governments--analyzing their common elements as well as their differences. Svampa explores the complex dynamics of socio-environmental conflict associated with neoextractivism, as well as what she refers to as the (3z (Beco-territorial turn. (3y (BSvampa's analysis includes both the ecological and gender dimensions of the global and regional capitalist development process."-- Provided by publisher.

"In Development in Latin America, Maristella Svampa explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of capitalist development--the workings (on people and societies) of the world capitalist system--in the context of Latin America, where these dynamics have had their most notable outcomes. She focuses on the phenomenon of "neoextractivism," the combination of the global advance of resource-seeking extractive capital (foreign investments in the extraction of natural resources) and the commodities consensus (export of raw materials), among both neoliberal and progressive governments--analyzing their common elements as well as their differences. Svampa explores the complex dynamics of socio-environmental conflict associated with neoextractivism, as well as what she refers to as the "eco-territorial turn." Svampa's analysis includes both the ecological and gender dimensions of the global and regional capitalist development process."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Neoextractivism and Development p. 4

Extractivism and Neoextractivism p. 4

Neoextractivism as a "Privileged Window" on Capitalist Development in the Region p. 7

Neoextractivism as Development and a Socioterritorial Model p. 10

The Commodities Consensus and the Developmentalist Illusion p. 12

2 Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages p. 20

Neoextractivism as a Phase of Capitalist Development p. 20

Territory and the New Language of Valuation p. 26

Political-Ideological Matrices and an Ecoterritorial Turn in the Popular Struggle p. 28

Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Their Scales p. 31

3 Dimensions of the Ecoterritorial Turn p. 42

Scope of the Ecoterritorial Turn p. 42

Neoextractivism and Indigenous Peoples p. 46

Popular Forms of Feminism in the South p. 50

4 Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis p. 56

The Advance of Extractive Violence p. 56

Enclaves and Criminal Territorialities p. 58

The Other Side of Patriarchy: Extractivism and Chains of Violence p. 61

The Expansion of Extreme Energy and New Conflicts p. 62

Extending the Geography of Extraction p. 67

5 The End of the Commodities Boom and the Progressive Cycle and the Creation of New Dependencies p. 73

China and the Frame of a New Dependency p. 73

The End of the Progressive Cycle as a Lingua Franca p. 77

The Limits of Existing Progressivism p. 80

6 Final Thoughts: Dimensions of a Systemic Crisis p. 85

Dimensions of the Crisis: The Anthropocene p. 85

The Anthropocene, Criticism of Neoextractivism and Alternatives p. 88

Relational Approaches and Pathways of Interdependence p. 93

Dimensions of the Crisis in Latin America p. 96.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781773632162

1773632167

OCLC:

1104791220

Publisher Number:

99982383487