Environmental issues are gaining importance for international politics. In practice, however, ecological concerns often appear as paper tigers compared to the growth imperative. This book uses the example of raw materials policy to discuss the political, economic and social consequences of intensified raw materials exploitation and the associated socio-ecological conflicts. …
This book empirically discusses recent struggles over land and mining, exploring state-society relations conflicts on various scales. In contrast with the existing literature, analyses in this volume deliberately focus on large-scale land use changes both in relation to the expansion of industrial mining and to agro-industry. The authors contend that …
When studying remittances, one needs to integrae the micro dynamics of remittances while equally shining a spotlight on the entire macro flow. Both levels can be combined in a spatial perspecitive on economic spaces that emerge out of the flow of remittances. Processes of deterritorialization as well as of reterritorialization …
This book highlights historical explanations to and roots of present phenomena of violence, insecurity, and law enforcement in Central America. Violence and crime are among the most discussed topics in Central America today, and sensationalism and fear of crime is as present as the increase of private security, the re-militarization …
Here, you will find an overview over all our articles and chapters in edited volumes published in 2016 Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Burchardt, H.-J. (2016). El neo-extractivismo en el siglo XXI. Que podemos aprender de del ciclo de desarrollo más reciente en América Latina? In Burchardt, H.-J., Domínguez, R., Larrea, …