Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers: Social Conflict and Ecological Crisis in the Senegal River Delta...

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Maura Benegiamo (University of Pisa, Italy)

Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers

Social Conflict and Ecological Crisis in the Senegal River Delta

Maura Benegiamo (University of Pisa, Italy)

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Bristol University Press
28 April 2025

Globalization; Development economics; Political economy; Social impact of environmental issues

Series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century

This book examines 'land grabbing' - its colonial roots and the fraught relationship between capital and nature amid the current ecological crisis. Based on ethnographic research, the author sheds light on how European policies impact indigenous communities and how contemporary capital-nature relationships perpetuate ecological crises.

By: Maura Benegiamo (University of Pisa Italy)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529237825
ISBN 10: 1529237823
Series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 28 April 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Acknowledgements Preface by Luigi Pellizzoni Introduction Colonial Fractures and Margins of Resistance Understanding Land Grabbing: Capital, Development and the Ecological Crisis Part 1: New Frontiers, Ancient Margins 1. Farming Sunflowers in the Ndiael reserve 2. Ecology and Politics of Pastoralism in the Senegal River Delta 3. Pastoral Trajectories in the Delta Part 2: Africa, the World's Breadbasket? 4. The Race for Land and the New Extractivisms 5. Food Security, A Market Paradigm 6. From Food Security to Global Food Security Part 3: Development Narratives 7. Land Grabbing and Development in Post-Colonial Senegal 8. Italy Seeks Land in Senegal 9. An Emblematic Failure: The Senhuile-Senethanol project Part 4: Conflicts in Extractive Territories 10. Implications and Impact of Agroindustry 11. We are here for the development of Senegal’, the Senhuille’s social responsibility 12. Freeing our gaze Conclusion

Maura Benegiamo is Researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Pisa.

Reviews for Land, Capital and Extractive Frontiers: Social Conflict and Ecological Crisis in the Senegal River Delta

""This book offers a clear picture of what 'green growth' looks like to those on the extractive end of the neocolonial capitalist economy – and why their resistance is part of a global struggle for systemic change."" Stefania Barca, University of Santiago de Compostela ""More socioenvironmental studies should address the Global South—not only because this part of the globe has been understudied, but especially because it comprises areas that are exposed to brutal forms of extractivism ... A brilliant example of critical environmental studies that embrace such a standpoint is Maura Benegiamo’s recent book."" Monthly Review on Italian edition La terra dentro il capitale.