Oil, Revolution, and Indigenous Citizenship in Ecuadorian Amazonia 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Lu, Flora (Author), Valdivia, Gabriela (Author), Silva, Néstor L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137564628 ISBN-13: 9781137564627 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
Dewey: 320.4 |
LCCN: 2016957370 |
Series: Latin American Political Economy |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 8.4" (1.55 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book addresses the political ecology of the Ecuadorian petro-state since the turn of the century and contextualizes state-civil society relations in contemporary Ecuador to produce an analysis of oil and Revolution in twenty-first century Latin America. Ecuador's recent history is marked by changes in state-citizen relations: the election of political firebrand, Rafael Correa; a new constitution recognizing the value of pluriculturality and nature's rights; and new rules for distributing state oil revenues. One of the most emblematic projects at this time is the Correa administration's Revoluci n Ciudadana, an oil-funded project of social investment and infrastructural development that claims to blaze a responsible and responsive path towards wellbeing for all Ecuadorians. The contributors to this book examine the key interventions of the recent political revolution--the investment of oil revenues into public works in Amazonia and across Ecuador; an initiative to keep oil underground; and the protection of the country's most marginalized peoples--to illustrate how new forms of citizenship are required and forged. Through a focus on Amazonia and the Waorani, this book analyzes the burdens and opportunities created by oil-financed social and environmental change, and how these alter life in Amazonian extraction sites and across Ecuador. |