Development in Latin America
Toward a New Future
This book 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.
About the book
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.
Contents
- Introduction
- Neoextractivism and Development
- Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages
- Dimensions of the Ecoterritorial Turn
- Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis
- The End of the commodities Boom and the Progressive Cycle, and the Creation of New Dependencies
- Final Thoughts: Dimensions of the Systemic Crisis
- Index
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