The Political Economy of the Energy Transition in Latin America: Between Extractivism and Sustainable Development (Global Challenges in Political Economy)

The persistence of extractivism in Latin America is a central issue in contemporary debates on global sustainability and the curse of the energy transition.This book explores these pressing concerns by analysing the tensions between the energy transition, extractivism, and green development in Latin America.While important parts of the world economy are beginning to decarbonize and industrialized nations promote sustainability initiatives, resource extraction continues to play a fundamental role in the political, economic, and social landscapes of the Global South.The international expert contributors to this volume examine whether the emerging sustainability paradigm based on energy transition represents an alternative or merely a reconfiguration of historical extractivist structures.The first chapters of the book, critically examine the unsustainability of extractivism and therefore the historical and contemporary challenges of resource dependency.It presents case studies of countrie