Contested powers : the politics of enregy and develpoment in Latin America /: the politics of enregy and develpoment in Latin America. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John-Andrew McNeish, Axel Borchgrevink, and Owen Logan.
• Editors: McNeish, John-Andrew; Borchgrevink, Axel; Logan, Owen, 1963-
• Contents: Front Cover; About the Editors; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Tables and Figures ; Map; 1: Introduction: Recovering Power from Energy -- Reconsidering the Linkages Between Energy and Development ; Introduction ; Resource Sovereignties ; Contested Powers in Latin America ; A Politics of Renewables ; Beyond National and Regional Borders ; Development, Modernity and Power ; An Anthropology of Energy? ; Critical Institutionalism ; Critical Perspectives on the Energetic State ; The Story of This Book ; Notes ; References. 2: Oil Extraction and Territorial Disputes in the Maya Biosphere Reserve Post-War Guatemala ; The Political History of Mining ; Laguna Del Tigre: A Strategic Territory ; The Xan Oil Well ; Population and Land Occupation ; Interest Groups and Social Conflict ; Creating Favourable Public Opinion ; Oil Contracts to the Detriment of National Interests ; The Controversial Role of the State ; The Consequences ; Final Reflections ; Notes ; References ; Webpages ; 3: Gracias A Díos Y Al Gobierno: Electric Power Struggles in Nicaraguan Politics; Background: Nicaragua, State, Society and Electricity. Electric Power to the People Changing Opportunities for Popular Protest ; Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; 4: Wind at the Margins of the State: Autonomy and Renewable Energy Development in Southern Mexico ; Oaxacan Wind Power at a Crossroads ; An Anthropology of Failure ; In the Fading Light of the Black Sun ; Capturing the Meter ; Rescuing the Land from the Wind ; On Fish and Neoliberalism ; Conclusions: Downed Windmills ; Notes ; References ; 5: Oil and Environmental Injustice in Venezuela: An Ethnographic Study of Punta Cardón; Introduction ; Before the Arrival of the Oil Company. The First Contact with Oil People The Attraction of 'Black Gold'; Environmental and Social Impacts ; Dialogue of the Deaf ; Punta Cardón in the 1980s and 1990s ; Punta Cardón Today ; The Environmental Situation Today ; Diverging Epistemologies ; Memories Discarded ; Blaming the Fishermen ; The Politics of Payouts ; Punta Cardón and the Bolivarian Revolution ; Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; 6: 'Everything Moves with Fuel': Energy Politics and the Smuggling of Energy Resources ; Introduction ; Politics and Prices ; Protests and Responses ; Contraband. The Social Embeddedness of Cross-Border TradeConclusions ; Notes ; References ; 7: The Continuous Negotiation of the Authority of Oil- and Gas-Dependent States: The Case of Bolivia ; The Theoretical Ground -- Power, Institutions and Agency ; Public Policies in Countries Dependent on Non-Renewable Natural Resources ; Hydrocarbon Policy and Revenue Redistribution Mechanisms in Bolivia; The Gasolinazo and Government Justifications for Reducing Fuel Subsidies; The Violent Social Reaction to the Reduction in Fuel Subsidies ; Conclusions: Power, Sovereignty and Epistemology ; Notes ; References.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, maps
• Subjects: 333.7/9/098; Power resources -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Power resources -- Economic aspects -- Latin America; Economic development -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Energy industries -- Environmental aspects -- Latin America; Energy policy -- Latin America; Economic development -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Energy industries -- Environmental aspects -- Latin America; Energy policy -- Latin America; Power resources -- Economic aspects -- Latin America; Power resources -- Political aspects -- Latin America; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Economic development -- Political aspects; Energy industries -- Environmental aspects; Energy policy; Power resources -- Economic aspects; Power resources -- Political aspects; Latin America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783600946; 1783600942; 9781783600953; 1783600950; 1783600934; 9781783600939; 1783600926; 9781783600922; 1783600969; 9781783600960
• Related ISBNs: 9781783600939; 9781783600922; 9781783600960
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 12, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.