"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...

Introduction -- Rent -- Marginality -- Overcoming underdevelopment -- Convoy model of globalisation -- Underconsumptionist crisis -- General thoughts on capitalism -- Non-governmental organisations -- Europe, the European Union and the Eurozone -- Social movements and new cultural identitarian...