The history of the United States of America is also the history of the energy sector. Natural gas provides the fuel that allows us to heat our homes in winter a

Standing on the broken ground of resource extraction settings, the state is sometimes like a chimera: its appearance and intentions are misleading and, for some

International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activitie

Explores the local politics of mining in Africa, explaining when communities benefit, and when conflict and repression occur.

Underdeveloping the Amazon shows how different extractive economies have periodically enriched various dominant classes but progressively impoverished the entir