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oapen-20.500.12657-576302022-07-25T10:19:39Z Fighting Global Neo-Extractivism Finkeldey, Jasper Fossil fuel, South Africa, Global South, Africa, Environmentalism, Green Politics, Social movements bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology 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. Fossil-fuel extraction in South Africa has reached a new accelerated phase in which the fossil-fuel frontier is moving beyond historical ‘sacrifice zones’ into non-traditional spaces, such as conservation parks and middle-class neighbourhoods, and provoking fervent opposition from grassroots activists. This book examines campaigns such as Frack Free South Africa and Save our iMfolozi Wilderness, viewing them as struggles against neo-extractivism driven by the state and industry. Through a series of detailed case studies, it highlights the shaping of mobilisation patterns by prior land use practices and the capacity to mobilise different social groups across race and class. Developing the notion of the fossil-fuel frontier as the material and political boundary that activists in South Africa and elsewhere in the world render visible, this volume provides a theoretical framework to understanding global mobilisation patterns. This timely and impassioned book will appeal to students and researchers interested in a range of subjects, including environmentalism, social movements, political ecology, and development studies. 2022-07-25T10:10:37Z 2022-07-25T10:10:37Z 2023 book 9780367620127 9780367627966 9781003110835 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57630 eng The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003110835 10.4324/9781003110835 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 3819bb74-5171-4679-b484-e7cd5384b759 6f43e9c6-47e8-4707-bb94-9f81c6f24eaf 9780367620127 9780367627966 9781003110835 Routledge 162 open access
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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.
Fossil-fuel extraction in South Africa has reached a new accelerated phase in which the fossil-fuel frontier is moving beyond historical ‘sacrifice zones’ into non-traditional spaces, such as conservation parks and middle-class neighbourhoods, and provoking fervent opposition from grassroots activists. This book examines campaigns such as Frack Free South Africa and Save our iMfolozi Wilderness, viewing them as struggles against neo-extractivism driven by the state and industry. Through a series of detailed case studies, it highlights the shaping of mobilisation patterns by prior land use practices and the capacity to mobilise different social groups across race and class. Developing the notion of the fossil-fuel frontier as the material and political boundary that activists in South Africa and elsewhere in the world render visible, this volume provides a theoretical framework to understanding global mobilisation patterns.
This timely and impassioned book will appeal to students and researchers interested in a range of subjects, including environmentalism, social movements, political ecology, and development studies.
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