In this chapter López Flores and Preiser address expand on several issues flagged in the introduction to the book—issues that arise in a context characterized by a socio-ecological crisis and neo-extractivist expansion that has resulted... more
In this chapter López Flores and Preiser address expand on several issues flagged in the introduction to the book—issues that arise in a context characterized by a socio-ecological crisis and neo-extractivist expansion that has resulted in conflicts between the extractive companies, the state supporting extractive ventures and the active resistance of communities both in regard to the destructive impacts of extractive projects and the struggle of these communities to reclaim their territorial rights and demands to protect their ways of living and their livelihoods.
The authors dissect the dynamics of these conflicts and disputed territorialities as they relate to and play out in the context of local community-based development, with reference to developments in Andean-Amazon region, one an exemplar of a left-leaning ‘progressive’ post-neoliberal regime, the other a classically neoliberal regime. The key protagonists in the socioenvironmental conflicts generated by the advance of extractive capital and their destructive operations, are the companies in the extractive sector, which generally take the form of multinational corporations; the local communities on the extractive frontier that are negatively impacted by these destructive operations; and the governments—particularly the national government—in their relationship with both the multinational companies in the extractive sector and the local indigenous communities.
The authors argue that extractivism can be conceptualized as an inherent part of global capitalist accumulation and as such a glocal phenomenon; that is, it is conditioned by globalization but anchored locally, a phenomenon that has led to an increasing number of conflicts and increased violence against movements resisting extractivism and its destructive socio-environmental impact on the communities.
One of several highly significant conclusions reached by the authors in their analysis of several local cases of extractivism is that the advance of extractive capital and the expansion of extractive frontier is promoted by both neoliberal and progressive regimes.
The authors dissect the dynamics of these conflicts and disputed territorialities as they relate to and play out in the context of local community-based development, with reference to developments in Andean-Amazon region, one an exemplar of a left-leaning ‘progressive’ post-neoliberal regime, the other a classically neoliberal regime. The key protagonists in the socioenvironmental conflicts generated by the advance of extractive capital and their destructive operations, are the companies in the extractive sector, which generally take the form of multinational corporations; the local communities on the extractive frontier that are negatively impacted by these destructive operations; and the governments—particularly the national government—in their relationship with both the multinational companies in the extractive sector and the local indigenous communities.
The authors argue that extractivism can be conceptualized as an inherent part of global capitalist accumulation and as such a glocal phenomenon; that is, it is conditioned by globalization but anchored locally, a phenomenon that has led to an increasing number of conflicts and increased violence against movements resisting extractivism and its destructive socio-environmental impact on the communities.
One of several highly significant conclusions reached by the authors in their analysis of several local cases of extractivism is that the advance of extractive capital and the expansion of extractive frontier is promoted by both neoliberal and progressive regimes.
