"Natural resource extraction and primary commodity export remain persistent features of the Latin American economy. This book traces the power of labor in extractive sectors in Latin America starting in the 1980s; how it shapes national export sectors, economies, politics, and societies more...

"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...