Resources for Reform Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina

Name: Resources for Reform Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina
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ISBN: 9780804778404

ISBN-10: 080477840X

ISBN-13: 9780804778404

Edition: 2012

Authors: Elana Shever

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While most people live far from the sites of oil production, oil politics involves us all.Resources for Reformexplores how people's lives intersect with the increasingly globalized and concentrated oil industry through a close look at Argentina's experiment with privatizing its national oil company in the name of neoliberal reform.Examining Argentina's conversion of its state-controlled oil market to a private market, Elana Shever reveals interconnections between large-scale transformations in society and small-scale shifts in everyday practice, intimate relationships, and identity. This engaging ethnography offers a window into the experiences of middle-class oil workers and their…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 6/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina



Neoliberal Kinship



Affective Reform



Creating a Privatized Public



Petroleum Citizenship



Fueling Consumer Citizenship



Creating Bonds


Conclusion: The Neoliberal Family and the Corporate Effect


Notes


References


Index