Neoextractivism and Territorial Disputes in Latin America

Introduction PART I The territorial dynamics of (neo)extractivism in Latin America: the characteristics and scope of the current phase 1: Extractivism: from the roots and scope of a concept to the political horizons of its struggles 2. Resistance to dispossession and environmental suffering in territories sacrificed by neoextractivism: the example of Chile 3. The Amazon exposed in the Venezuelan Great Crisis (2013-2021): the rise of an extractivism of hybrid governances PART II Territorialities in dispute and the dialectic of re-/de-colonializacion 4. The expansion of agribusiness and territorial conflicts in the Cerrado of Central-North Brazil: the pillaging of land, water and native vegetation 5. Mapuche resistances and alternatives to fracking in Vaca Muerta, (Neuquen, Argentina) 6. Neoextractivism, agribusiness and water scarcity in contemporary Chile 7. Disputed territories, institutions and autonomies: perspectives from three decades of contemporary extractivism in Peru PART III Societal movements, territorial re-existences and alternative horizons 8: Politicizing prior public consultations: notes on the re-existence of the Munduruku people and riverside communities against the construction of hydro-electrical plants in the Middle Tapajos region, Amazonia 9. In defense of life: the existential politics of relating body and territory 10: Sovereignty against extractivism: re-centring decolonisation on Indigenous territorial struggles in Bolivia