Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5073687 | Geoforum | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This paper introduces the concept of 'not-quite-neoliberal natures' in relation to contemporary theoretical debates and Latin American political processes. The phrase is meant to signal both our appreciation of and reservations about theoretical elaborations of neoliberalism, post- neoliberalism, and (post-)neoliberal natures in relation to the wide variety of reforms currently transforming resource governance in Latin America. After reviewing theoretical debates about (post-)neoliberalism and situating them within Latin American history, we present the major themes emerging across the papers in this special issue: (1) the prevalence of concomitant and overlapping political processes, (2) the productivity of tensions and contradictions, particularly with respect to the state-society relationship, and (3) dynamism, or an insistence on the depth and liveliness of 'context' and 'contestation'.
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Authors
Corin de Freitas, Andrea J. Marston, Karen Bakker,