IV ISA Forum of Sociology (February 23-28, 2021)

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Land and Livelihood: Extractivism, Colonialism, and the Corporate Elite

Abstract Submissions Closed

RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)

Language: English, French and Spanish

Session Type: Oral

In this session, presenters will offer a spectrum of theoretical and empirical research on the struggles over livelihood that ensue when state and corporate elites seek control over land through colonization, privatization, and corruption, a struggle that has unfolded over 400 years, and in which Indigenous peoples across the globe are on the frontlines.