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The Political Economy of Extractivism Global Perspectives on the Seduction of Rent
232 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
232 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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For many countries, primarily in the Global South, extractivism – the exploiting and exporting of natural resources – is big business. For those exporting countries, natural resource rents create hope and promise for development which can be a seductive force. This book explores the depth of extractivism in economies around the world. The contributions to this book investigate the connection... Read more
Introduction: The Political Economy of Extractivism
Hannes Warnecke-Berger and Jan Ickler
Part 1: Global Configurations
- Trade, Unequal Specialization, and the Persistence of Extractivism
Hannes Warnecke-Berger - Rent, Profit, Mass Consumption, or the Political Economy of Taming Rent
Hartmut Elsenhans - Uganda’s State Class and the Politics of Oil
Julian Friesinger - Extractivism and the Resurgence of the Agrarian Elite: The Case of Coal Mining in Cesar, Colombia
Kristina Dietz - The Patronal Politics of Regional Development Projects. Exploring Russia’s Far Eastern Rent Management
Sebastian Hoppe - Patronage Networks and the Hope for a Better Future: Coal Mining in Indonesia
Kristina Großmann - Analyzing Rentier Societies: The Case of Venezuela
Stefan Peters - Wasn’t the AKP a Developmental Coalition? The Shifting Political Settlement of the AKP
Ludwig Hehl - Resource Boom and Social Policy in Authoritarian Regimes: A Case Study of Russia
Heiko Pleines and Andreas Heinrich - Rents Hinder Capitalism: The Rentier Middle Classes in the Middle East
Rachid Ouaissa
Part 2: Actors, Strategies, and the Politics of Rent
Part 3: Rent and Societies: Legacies, Trajectories, and Inertias
Conclusion: Extractivism and the Seduction of Rent
Jan Ickler and Hannes Warnecke-Berger
Biography
Hannes Warnecke-Berger is coordinator of the collaborative research project www.extractivism.de and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Kassel.
Jan Ickler is a PhD student at the University of Kassel.
