Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism

Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism: Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa analyses social struggles over damaging new fossil fuel projects in the Global South with a focus on South Africa, Africa's biggest fossil fuel emitter.

Autorentext

Jasper Finkeldey is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Political Science in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His interdisciplinary research focuses on environmental politics, social movements, political economy, and conflicts over resources.

Zusammenfassung
Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism: Fossil-Free Social Movements in South Africa analyses social struggles over damaging new fossil fuel projects in the Global South with a focus on South Africa, Africa's biggest fossil fuel emitter.

Inhalt

1. Introduction, Part I. Theory and practice of resource extractivism, 2. Resource frontiers and hegemony, 3. Fossil fuel dependency in South Africa, Part II. Social movements fighting fossil fuels, 4. Counter-hegemonic social movements, 5. Leadership and framing in Fuleni's anti-coal movement, 6. Movement tactics for a frack free South Africa, 7. Fighting fossil fuels around the world