TY - JOUR
T1 - Extractive constitutions
T2 - Constitutional change and development paths in Latin America
AU - Merino, Roger
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Under the label "New Latin American Constitutionalism", scholars have explained the emergence of new constitutions or organic constitutional reforms in the eighties and nineties and, since the 2000s, the constitutions associated with the "Left turn"in the region. Radical constitutional changes, however, have not stopped the expansion of social conflicts associated with internationally-backed extractive and infrastructure projects deemed as crucial for national development. As new processes of constitution building are gaining momentum in the region, it is crucial to investigate the reasons why societies under progressive and neoliberal constitutions suffer from similar conflicts. Drawing on decolonial theory and critically dialoguing with the literature on constitutions and development, the article proposes an analytical scheme to understand the relationship between constitutional arrangements and development in neoliberal and multicultural Peru and Colombia, and post-neoliberal and plurinational Bolivia and Ecuador. The article argues that even though these constitutions possess deep differences at the level of development discourses, strategies, and tools, they share the same development paradigm.
AB - Under the label "New Latin American Constitutionalism", scholars have explained the emergence of new constitutions or organic constitutional reforms in the eighties and nineties and, since the 2000s, the constitutions associated with the "Left turn"in the region. Radical constitutional changes, however, have not stopped the expansion of social conflicts associated with internationally-backed extractive and infrastructure projects deemed as crucial for national development. As new processes of constitution building are gaining momentum in the region, it is crucial to investigate the reasons why societies under progressive and neoliberal constitutions suffer from similar conflicts. Drawing on decolonial theory and critically dialoguing with the literature on constitutions and development, the article proposes an analytical scheme to understand the relationship between constitutional arrangements and development in neoliberal and multicultural Peru and Colombia, and post-neoliberal and plurinational Bolivia and Ecuador. The article argues that even though these constitutions possess deep differences at the level of development discourses, strategies, and tools, they share the same development paradigm.
KW - extractivism
KW - multiculturalism
KW - neoliberalism/post-neoliberalism
KW - new Latin American constitutionalism
KW - plurinationalism
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U2 - 10.1515/ldr-2021-0127
DO - 10.1515/ldr-2021-0127
M3 - Article in a journal
AN - SCOPUS:85124654617
SN - 1943-3867
VL - 15
SP - 169
EP - 200
JO - Law and Development Review
JF - Law and Development Review
IS - 1
ER -