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Reimagining Extractivism: Insights from Spatial Theory

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This chapter explores the spatial dynamics of extractivism beyond a state-centred analysis based on the dichotomy between resource-dependent and industrialised societies. Its aim is twofold: to outline the analytical biases and spatial omissions that the widespread Latin American literature on extractivism presents, and to lay the foundations for a framework that focuses on the significance of spatial categories for politico-ecological research on extractivism. Embedded in the field of political ecology as well as critical space theory, I aim to bring the scholarly imagination back to the task of exploring analytical categories in order to boost empirical research on the spatiality of extractivism and to gain a better understanding of the contentious politics of extractivism.

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Martín, F. (2017). Reimagining Extractivism: Insights from Spatial Theory. In: Engels, B., Dietz, K. (eds) Contested Extractivism, Society and the State. Development, Justice and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58811-1_2

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