Extractivism and resistance in Latin America
Review by Marcel Nelson / August 24, 2021 / 9 min read
This new collection edited by Steve Ellner, Latin American Extractivism: Dependency, Resource Nationalism, and Resistance in Broad Perspective, provides much food for thought for anyone who wants to think through the challenges of governing from the Left in an age of globalized capitalism and climate change. Ellner is a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, and is currently associate managing editor of Latin American Perspectives.