Description
Book SynopsisBlending perspectives from geography and political ecology, this pioneering essay collection probes the recent resurgence of global investment in mineral and hydrocarbon extraction in Latin America, examining the environmental and social consequences thro
Trade ReviewIf, as the conclusion states, “history and memory are again central to how people make sense of contemporary extraction” (p. 271), we owe the editors and contributors our gratitude for making sure that history is told in a manner as scholastically rigorous, and conceptually cogent, as possible. * Journal of Latin American Geography *
Overall this book is an excellent contribution to the literature . . . it contributes to understanding the contentious and complex processes that entails the pursuit of development in the region. * Journal of Human Development and Capabilities *
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- 1. Political Ecologies of the Subsoil (Anthony Bebbington and Jeffrey Bury)
- 2. New Geographies of Extractive Industries in Latin America (Jeffrey Bury and Anthony Bebbington)
- 3. Nature and Nation: Hydrocarbons, Governance, and the Territorial Logics of "Resource Nationalism" in Bolivia (Thomas Perreault)
- 4. Rocks, Rangers, and Resistance: Mining and Conservation Frontiers in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru (Jeffrey Bury and Timothy Norris)
- 5. Water for Gold: Confronting State and Corporate Mining Discourses in Azuay, Ecuador (Jennifer Moore and Teresa Velásquez)
- 6. Territorial Transformations in El Pangui, Ecuador: Understanding How Mining Conflict Affects Territorial Dynamics, Social Mobilization, and Daily Life (Ximena S. Warnaars)
- 7. Hydrocarbon Conflicts and Indigenous Peoples in the Peruvian Amazon: Mobilization and Negotiation Along the Río Corrientes (Anthony Bebbington and Martin Scurrah)
- 8. Synergistic Impacts of Gas and Mining Development in Bolivia's Chiquitanía: The Significance of Analytical
- Scale (Derrick Hindery)
- 9. Natural Resources in the Subsoil and Social Conflicts on the Surface: Perspectives on Peru's Subsurface Political
- Ecology (Julio C. Postigo, Mariana Montoya, and Kenneth R. Young)
- 10. Anatomies of Conflict: Social Mobilization and New Political Ecologies of the Andes (Anthony Bebbington, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, Leonith Hinojosa, María-Luisa Burneo, and Jeffrey Bury )
- 11. Conclusions (Anthony Bebbington, Jeffrey Bury, and Emily Gallagher)
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
