Extractivism: A Review Essay
by Bret Gustafson
Natural Resources: Neither Curse Nor Destiny
Daniel Lederman & William F. Malone (eds.) Natural Resources: Neither Curse Nor Destiny. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007.
New Political Spaces in Latin American Resource Governance
Håvard Haarstad (ed.) New Political Spaces in Latin American Resource Governance. New York: Palgrave, 2012.
Unearthing Conflict: Corporate Mining, Activism, and Expertise in Peru
Fabiana Li Unearthing Conflict: Corporate Mining, Activism, and Expertise in Peru. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015.
Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile’s Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War
Jody Pavilack Mining for the Nation: The Politics of Chile’s Coal Communities from the Popular Front to the Cold War. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011.
Mineral, oil, and gas prices turned upward in 2003, beginning the latest boom in Latin American extractive industries. The boom was intense, with high mineral-dependence in Peru, Chile, and Bolivia and high gas- and oil-dependence in Ecuador and Bolivia. By 2014 its speculative origins and the resulting easing of demand in consuming countries had caused something of a retreat (Zibechi, 2016). Even so, there is no foreseeable end to the predominance of extractivism in shaping Latin American political economy and society.
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