ISBN: 9780813012803

From the foreword: "Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge. This] study constitutes such a turning point." "A powerful critique of… Mehr…

From the foreword: "Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge. This] study constitutes such a turning point." "A powerful critique of mainstream understandings of 'development.'"--Richard Tardanico, Florida International University What does a multi-billion-dollar dam mean to the majority of local people living in precarious social and economic conditions? In this study of a large-scale international infrastructure project, Ribeiro found one answer: the prevailing model of development must change. He demonstrates why and how development, in the context of the Yacyreta High Dam in Argentina, has not been able to bring about well-being on a sustainable basis for most people affected by the project. He maintains that development, which he calls "economic expansion," is played on a field of political and economic struggle where the players who start the action keep the advantage. He links development projects more closely to the needs of national and international elites than to the local populations, and he coins the term "consortiation" to describe the interaction among capitalist agencies involved in the projects. This is the first anthropological work to study a large-scale infrastructure project from within. While Ribeiro analyzes the different power groups who competed for access to and control of the high dam, he also shows how the dam modified the social and physical landscape and examines the rise of a new kind of nomadic laborer with a distinct identity, the "bicho de obra"--work site animal. Social scientists, regional planners, engineers, diplomats, and environmentalists will find this book useful. Gustavo Lins Ribeiro is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Brasilia. Transnational Capitalism and Hydropolitics in Argentina: The Yacyreta High Dam Ribeiro, Gustavo Lins, University Press of Florida<

ISBN: 0813012805

From the foreword: "Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge. [This] study constitutes such a turning point." "A powerful critique of mainstream understa… Mehr…

From the foreword: "Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge. [This] study constitutes such a turning point." "A powerful critique of mainstream understandings of 'development.'"--Richard Tardanico, Florida International University What does a multi-billion-dollar dam mean to the majority of local people living in precarious social and economic conditions? In this study of a large-scale international infrastructure project, Ribeiro found one answer: the prevailing model of development must change. He demonstrates why and how development, in the context of the Yacyret? High Dam in Argentina, has not been able to bring about well-being on a sustainable basis for most people affected by the project. He maintains that development, which he calls "economic expansion," is played on a field of political and economic struggle where the players who start the action keep the advantage. He links development projects more closely to the needs of national and international elites than to the local populations, and he coins the term "consortiation" to describe the interaction among capitalist agencies involved in the projects. This is the first anthropological work to study a large-scale infrastructure project from within. While Ribeiro analyzes the different power groups who competed for access to and control of the high dam, he also shows how the dam modified the social and physical landscape and examines the rise of a new kind of nomadic laborer with a americas,argentina,caribbean and latin american,earth sciences,economic conditions,economics,environmental economics,environmental science,history,international and world politics Environmental Science, University Press of Florida<

ISBN: 0813012805

From the foreword:"Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge.? [This] study constitutes such a turning point.""A powerful critique of mainstream understan… Mehr…

From the foreword:"Certain milestones mark the growth and maturation of a system of knowledge.? [This] study constitutes such a turning point.""A powerful critique of mainstream understandings of 'development.'"--Richard Tardanico, Florida International UniversityWhat does a multi-billion-dollar dam mean to the majority of local people living in precarious social and economic conditions?? In this study of a large-scale international infrastructure project, Ribeiro found one answer: the prevailing model of development must change.?He demonstrates why and how development, in the context of the Yacyret? High Dam in Argentina, has not been able to bring about well-being on a sustainable basis for most people affected by the project.? He maintains that development, which he calls "economic expansion," is played on a field of political and economic struggle where the players who start the action keep the advantage.? He links development projects more closely to the needs of national and international elites than to the local populations, and he coins the term "consortiation" to describe the interaction among capitalist agencies involved in the projects.?This is the first anthropological work to study a large-scale infrastructure project from within.? While Ribeiro analyzes the different power groups who competed for access to and control of the high dam, he also shows how the dam modified the social and physical landscape and examines the r americas,argentina,caribbean and latin american,earth sciences,economic conditions,economics,environmental economics,environmental science,history,international and world politics Environmental Science, University Press of Florida<

1994, ISBN: 9780813012803

Hard cover, Like New, Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. Hardcover., [PU: University Press of Florida]