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The coloniality of green extractivism

open access: yesPolitical Geography, 2023
This article elaborates on the notion of "decarbonisation by dispossession" in order to shed light on the contradictory character of capital-driven energy transitions. First, we suggest conceptualising "decarbonisation" as a "socio-ecological fix" to intersecting, climate-induced crises of accumulation and hegemony, aimed at saving capital rather than ...
Andreucci, Diego||   +6 more
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A Post-Capitalocentric Critique of Digital Technology and Environmental Harm: New Directions at the Intersection of Digital and Green Criminology

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2022
Only recently have scholars of criminology begun to examine a wider spectrum of the effects of digital technologies beyond ‘cybercrime’ to include human rights, privacy, data extractivism and surveillance.
Laura Bedford   +3 more
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Green Extractivism in Lithium Triangle

open access: yesSlovak Journal of International Relations, 2023
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between lithium mining and the environmental-social aspects of mining in the countries of the lithium triangle by analysing scientific research works and available statistical data, and applying economic theory to green extractivism.
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Global Afterlives of Extraction

open access: yesRevue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2023
This volume of International Development Policy brings together post-extractivist imaginaries, diverse and ever-evolving forms of resistance and contestation, and a growing recognition of the paradox of ‘green’ extractivism.
Filipe Calvão   +2 more
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When 'green' becomes 'saffron': Wind extraction, border surveillance, and citizenship regime at the edge of the Indian state

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology, 2023
Low-carbon mega-infrastructures constitute one of the main institutional responses to climate change in India's agrarian settings, as they are imagined around features of 'greenness' and 'cleanness.' But this story entails a problematic construction of ...
David Singh
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The digital spirit of green capitalism. How the European Union tries to save ecological modernisation

open access: yesCulture, Practice & Europeanization, 2022
Why, by whom and how is digitalisation and sustainability twinning presently being driven? The paper asks how political, economic and civil society actors are working to legitimise a digital-green modernisation of the economy.
Sarah Lenz
doaj   +1 more source

Birthing extractivism : The role of the state in forestry politics and development in Uruguay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study examines the role of states in developing contemporary extractivism based on recent investments and project plans in industrial forestry in Uruguay.
Ehrström-Fuentes, Maria   +1 more
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Promoting Renewable Energy or Environmental Problems? Environmental Politics and Sustainability in Sino-Brazilian Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
China is now Brazil’s largest trade and investment partner, with Brazil’s exports dominated by primary products such as iron ore, soy and crude oil. China and Brazil have also become major players in international environmental and debates as emerging ...
Raftopoulos, M, Riethof, M
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Concepts, Theories and Empirical Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This course offers insights into the dynamics and outcomes of current social conflicts over extractivism in Latin America (particularly in the Andean region).
Dietz, Kristina, Schorr, Bettina
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