Thomas Chiasson-Lebel
Biographic Data
| ID | 286444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Chiasson-Lebel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Chiasson-Lebel |
| SIGNATURE | CHIASSON-LEBEL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3868-7111 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards a critical cultural political economy of extractivism in the Americas and beyond
This review essay advocates for a systematic application of critical cultural political economy (CCPE) to study extractivism and extractive projects. The concept of extractivism in academic literature has recently surged, especially regarding the Americas. Material factors such as resource prices and investment trends support this prominence, but are insufficient on their own. Other factors —resistance to extractive projects, the interscalar natu…
Disaster Extractivism
Latin America faces a twin crisis. The spread of COVID-19 has become a health catastrophe and sent regional economies into recession, while governments' increasing reliance on extractive development as a health and economic "cure" has compounded existing socio-environmental conflicts across the continent. An emergent "extractive savior" discourse aligns with political economic interests that have instrumentalized the pandemic to propel a new stra…
Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa
This article examines economic elites’ reactions to early efforts by Ecuador’s left government to limit their clout. Elites developed an infrastructure of dissent to promote their interests. Some chambers of commerce and industry adapted their strategies to promote ideas and public figures that would gain increasing public and political prominence. Domestic conglomerates used different strategies to regain influence: ostentatious attempts to use …
Latin America’s changing balance of class forces
In this introductory article, we present the special collection by outlining the shared theoretical underpinnings of our attempt to understand the current crisis of the left in Latin America. Challenging state-centred perspectives that over-emphasize state autonomy and the role of charismatic leaders, we propose a relational approach, one that focuses on the interactions between governments, popular movements, and elites. While acknowledging the …
Neo-extractivism in Venezuela and Ecuador
Imaginaires religieux et politiques en Amérique Latine
À la croisée de deux perspectives analytiques connues, d'une part celle qui voit dans le religieux un instituant du politique et d'autre part celle qui voit dans le mythe un déterminant pour l'organisation sociale dans son ensemble, ce texte part de l'hypothèse suivante: religieux et politique ne sont pas des domaines par essence distincts. Les découpages et les imbrications entre ce qui se présente comme étant d'ordre religieux et ce qui se prés…
Neo-extractivism in Venezuela and Ecuador
Imaginaires religieux et politiques en Amérique Latine
À la croisée de deux perspectives analytiques connues, d'une part celle qui voit dans le religieux un instituant du politique et d'autre part celle qui voit dans le mythe un déterminant pour l'organisation sociale dans son ensemble, ce texte part de l'hypothèse suivante: religieux et politique ne sont pas des domaines par essence distincts. Les découpages et les imbrications entre ce qui se présente comme étant d'ordre religieux et ce qui se prés…
Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa
This article examines economic elites’ reactions to early efforts by Ecuador’s left government to limit their clout. Elites developed an infrastructure of dissent to promote their interests. Some chambers of commerce and industry adapted their strategies to promote ideas and public figures that would gain increasing public and political prominence. Domestic conglomerates used different strategies to regain influence: ostentatious attempts to use …
Latin America’s changing balance of class forces
In this introductory article, we present the special collection by outlining the shared theoretical underpinnings of our attempt to understand the current crisis of the left in Latin America. Challenging state-centred perspectives that over-emphasize state autonomy and the role of charismatic leaders, we propose a relational approach, one that focuses on the interactions between governments, popular movements, and elites. While acknowledging the …
Disaster Extractivism
Latin America faces a twin crisis. The spread of COVID-19 has become a health catastrophe and sent regional economies into recession, while governments' increasing reliance on extractive development as a health and economic "cure" has compounded existing socio-environmental conflicts across the continent. An emergent "extractive savior" discourse aligns with political economic interests that have instrumentalized the pandemic to propel a new stra…
Imaginaires religieux et politiques en Amérique Latine
À la croisée de deux perspectives analytiques connues, d'une part celle qui voit dans le religieux un instituant du politique et d'autre part celle qui voit dans le mythe un déterminant pour l'organisation sociale dans son ensemble, ce texte part de l'hypothèse suivante: religieux et politique ne sont pas des domaines par essence distincts. Les découpages et les imbrications entre ce qui se présente comme étant d'ordre religieux et ce qui se prés…
Neo-extractivism in Venezuela and Ecuador
Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa
This article examines economic elites’ reactions to early efforts by Ecuador’s left government to limit their clout. Elites developed an infrastructure of dissent to promote their interests. Some chambers of commerce and industry adapted their strategies to promote ideas and public figures that would gain increasing public and political prominence. Domestic conglomerates used different strategies to regain influence: ostentatious attempts to use …
Latin America’s changing balance of class forces
In this introductory article, we present the special collection by outlining the shared theoretical underpinnings of our attempt to understand the current crisis of the left in Latin America. Challenging state-centred perspectives that over-emphasize state autonomy and the role of charismatic leaders, we propose a relational approach, one that focuses on the interactions between governments, popular movements, and elites. While acknowledging the …
Disaster Extractivism
Latin America faces a twin crisis. The spread of COVID-19 has become a health catastrophe and sent regional economies into recession, while governments' increasing reliance on extractive development as a health and economic "cure" has compounded existing socio-environmental conflicts across the continent. An emergent "extractive savior" discourse aligns with political economic interests that have instrumentalized the pandemic to propel a new stra…
Towards a critical cultural political economy of extractivism in the Americas and beyond
This review essay advocates for a systematic application of critical cultural political economy (CCPE) to study extractivism and extractive projects. The concept of extractivism in academic literature has recently surged, especially regarding the Americas. Material factors such as resource prices and investment trends support this prominence, but are insufficient on their own. Other factors —resistance to extractive projects, the interscalar natu…
Humanities (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Latin Americans (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mining and Resource Management (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Latin American socio-political dynamics (2 works)