Struggles against Accumulation by Dispossession in Bolivia
The Political Economy of Natural Resource Contention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Spronk (0000-0002-8614-3031, York University), Jeffery R Webber (0009-0005-7478-1529, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 31-47 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x06298748 |
| OpenAlex | W2155871227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 67 |
| References cited | 17 |
David Harvey suggests that, compared with struggles waged by traditional political parties and labor unions, struggles to "reclaim the commons" typically result in a less focused political dynamic of social action, which is both a strength and a weakness. While these social movements draw strength from their embeddedness in daily life, not all manage to make the link between the struggle against accumulation by dispossession and the struggle for expanded reproduction that is necessary to meet the material needs of impoverished and repressed populations. Social movements in Bolivia have framed their demands differently in the struggles against the privatization of natural gas and water depending on the different roles these resources play in the region's political economy. Struggles against the privatization of natural gas pose a greater challenge to neoliberalism because of their macro frame and politics
Action (physics) · Commons · Direct action · Embeddedness · Geography · Natural (archaeology) · Natural resource · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reproduction · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 67 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,53 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 60 |