Rowman & Littlefield International
Pages: 244
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978-1-78661-065-2 • Hardback • June 2019 • $120.00 • (£80.00)
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Alexander Dunlap is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo.
Prologue
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Istmo: A Brief History of Politics, Conflict and Development
Chapter 2: ‘We are surrounded:’ Living under Wind Turbines in La Ventosa
Chapter 3: Counterinsurgency for Wind Energy: The Bíi Hioxo Wind Park
Chapter 4: Insurrection for Land, Sea and Generational Integrity in Álvaro Obregón
Chapter 5: The Theatrics and Violence of Consultations: The Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Consultation in Juchitán
Chapter 6: Renewing Destruction: Colonization, the Genocide-Ecocide Nexus and Wind Energy Development
Conclusion: The Grid System Spreads, Dependency Consolidates
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Renewing Destruction lays bare the structural violence that underpins the imposition of industrial-scale wind energy projects in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Accessible, historically rooted, and attuned to popular resistance, Dunlap's writing blows apart the myths of clean power and green capitalism.
— Dawn Marie Paley, Journalist and author of Drug War Capitalism
Renewing Destruction is a fascinating and disturbing account of social injustice, protest and resistance. After a period of courageous field research to investigate the social impact of wind energy development, Dunlap reveals how neocolonial takeover and significant cultural and ecological degradation can come about in the name of economic prosperity, mitigating climate change and sustainable development.
— Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Renewing Destruction is a systematic analysis of wind parks in Oaxaca, Mexico. Combining critical thought and engaged anthropological research, the author unveils the complex territorial and cultural implications of green energies for indigenous peoples. The book presents not only a strong critic of “green capitalist solutions” to climate change broadly but also how these “green” solutions are violent and generate dispossession and displacement as expressions of extractive capitalism.
— Astrid Ulloa, Associate Professor of Geography, Universidad Nacional de Colombia