Ressourcenboom in Südamerika: Alte Praktiken - Neue Diskurse?

Abstract

The global commodity boom has had a major impact on many South American economies and their tendencies towards reprimarisation. After a phase of neoliberal opening of the 1990s influenced by the Washington Consensus, the 2000s have brought a more complex political, social and economic context; neo-extractivist practices and post-extractivist discourses become en vogue. This paper unearths and contextualizes those changes and highlights the theoretical discussion with major examples of mining, soy production and infrastructure projects in South America.