This paper provides an introduction to this special issue by presenting a general picture of
the economic and political situation of the Latin American countryside at the dawn of this …

This Element analyses the political dynamics of neo-extractivism in Latin America. It
discusses the critical concepts of neo-extractivism and the commodity consensus and the …

Abstract The European Union (EU) is highly dependent on importing raw materials for low-
carbon infrastructures from around the globe. This material dependence has, since 2019 …

In 2007, the left came to power in Ecuador. In the years that followed, the “twenty-first-
century socialist” government and a coalition of grassroots activists came to blows over the …

This paper examines the rise of extractivism in contemporary Latin America, its centrality in
its economic development, and key features of how extractivism is politically governed here …

The commonplace notion of extractivism relates to the production of value through physically
extractive processes (mining, oil extraction, certain kinds of agriculture, etc.) where value …

This paper addresses new challenges and identifies starting points for development theory
following recent debates in Latin America on 'new or neo-extractivism'. It focuses on the …

A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in how this is
constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise of distinct …

Drawing upon the concept of 'accumulation by dispossession', this paper analyses the
expansion of agrarian capital in A rgentina. A case study illustrates the social and …

This paper examines processes of primitive accumulation and livelihood dispossession on
the Bolivian Altiplano. Through empirical examination of the social and environmental …