The New Extractivism

The authors of this book skilfully expose the contradictions and limitations of both neoliberal and progressive extractivism. They masterfully expose the pillage of the continent's natural resources and highlight the struggles of resistance and contestation by indigenous communities against today's imperialist plundering. This book is a worthy and brilliant introduction to contemporary Latin America. * Cristobal Kay, International Institute of Social Studies *
The New Extractivism is a ground breaking study of the latest stage in the plundering of natural resources from Latin America and the Global South by imperialist Western companies. The authors detail the ways in which Latin America is once again being used as a supplier of primary products to the industrialized centre, and shows how even Pink Tide countries like Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia are developing a post-neoliberal economic model that frequently sides against indigenous communities. This is a very important volume that all students of Latin America must read. * Harry E. Vanden *
The New Extractivism cuts to the core of one of the most important components of the new imperialism in Latin America - the accelerating extraction of mining minerals and resources under the impetus of multinational capital. This is a crucial book for scholars and activists hoping both to understand and dismantle the latest, devastating dynamics of the region's long history of capitalist development. * Jeffery R. Webber, author of Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia *
This brilliantly argued and convincingly documented critique of ''the new developmentalism'' in Latin America definitively shows that relying on wealth generated by minerals and commodities cannot build equitable and sustainable economies. Veltmeyer and Petras have rightly identified that only a labor-oriented reinvention of socialism, in response to a vigorous social movement, can hope to achieve humane, responsible, and sustainable development patterns in the 21st century. * Richard Falk, Princeton University *