ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes in more detail the forces of resistance that have emerged on the extractive frontier. The central focus of the chapter is on the socioenvironmental conflicts associated with the expansion and workings in the region of resource-seeking extractive capital (foreign investments in the extraction of natural resources for sale in primary commodity form). The chapter argues that because of the fundamental dependence of central governments on these investments for the additional fiscal resources needed to finance their development and social programs, the governments tend to favour the mining companies and other multinationals over the local communities in these conflicts. The chapter analyzes the politics of resistance on the extractive frontier.
