Populist Moments and Extractivist States in Venezuela and Ecuador: The People's Oil?

by Donald Kingsbury and Teresa Kramarz

This book addresses the intersection of extractivism, populism, and accountability. Although populist politics are often portrayed as a driver of poor environmental governance, Populist Moments and Extractivist States identifies it as an intervening variable at best - one that emerges in response to the accountability deficits of extractive states. Case studies in Venezuela - for many, the prototypical petrostate - and Ecuador - which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030709620
• ISBN13: 9783030709624
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"