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Commodities Consensus: Neoextractivism and Enclosure of the Commons in Latin America
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Over the past decade, a significant number of Latin American countries have questioned the Washington consensus and financial valorization. In doing so, they have moved into the paradigm of the commodities consensus and the large-scale exportation of raw materials. These processes have led to a series of important political and economic changes, while also opening a new phase of conflict linked to the appropriation and dispossession of territories and natural resources. Starting from a regional scenario pierced with strong tensions and asymmetries, this article examines the current phase of capital accumulation in Latin America, focusing on critical concepts such as neoextractivism and bad development. It presents a particular reading of environmental conflict, linked to processes of dispossession, enclosure of the common, and the deepening of extractivism by Latin American progressive governments. The article also explores some prescriptive categories spanning contemporary Latin American thought and debate linked to the environmentalization of struggles. These concepts include buen vivir (living well), the rights of nature, and the commons. To conclude, it briefly reviews the debate around transition and postextractivism.
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- Authors
- Svampa, M.
- Venue
- South Atlantic Quarterly
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Published
- 2015-01-01
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 65-82
- ISSN
- 0038-2876
- 1527-8026
- Cited by
- 353
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- Language
- en
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