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Transnational capitalism and hydropolitics in Argentina : the Yacyretá high dam /
What does a multi-billion-dollar dam mean to the majority of local people living in precarious social and economic conditions? In this study of a large-scale international infrastructure project, Ribeiro found one answer: the prevailing model of development must change. He demonstrates why and how d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
©1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Eric R. Wolf
- Ch. 1. Introduction. Am I an Anthropologist Anthropology and Large-Scale Projects. Economic Expansion. Levels of Integration. Development Anthropology. Karl Wittfogel's Thesis of the Hydraulical State. Doing Research on the Yacyreta Hydroelectric High Dam
- Ch. 2. The Yacyreta Hydroelectric High Dam. Owner, Consultant, Main Contractor: The Institutional Triangle. The Owner: The Entidad Binacional Yacyreta (EBY). The Consultant: Harza y Consorciados, Consultores Internacionales de Yacyreta (CIDY). The Main Contractor: ERIDAY-UTE. The Meanings of Binationality
- Ch. 3. The Power of a Dam: Articulating Power Groups. Significant Examples of Bidding Processes within the Yacyreta Project. An Approximation to El Proceso, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (March 1976-December 1983). The Bidding Process of the Main Civil Works Contract (YC-1). The Bidding Process of the Turbines: The YE-1(t) Contract. Comparative Comments on the YC-1 and YE-1 Cases.
- Consortiation: Articulating Different Political/Economic Groups
- Ch. 4. The Moon Land: Yacyreta's Territorial Segmentation. The Moon Land: The Creation of Space for a Large-Scale Project. Project's Immediate Area of Influence and Territory. The Structure of Reproduction of Social Life in the Project's Territory. The Villa Permanente. The 1,000 Viviendas. The El Pinar Camp
- Ch. 5. Dividing the World: The Dynamics of Yacyreta's Labor Market Segmentation. The Labor Market Segmentation of the Yacyreta Project. The Argentine/Paraguayan Dividing Line. The Regional Segmentation of the Argentine Labor Force. The Expatriate European Segment. The Large-Scale Project Migratory Circuit and the Creation of the Bicho-de-Obra Identity. The Large-Scale Project Migratory Circuit. Ambiguity and Permanence: The Bicho-de-Obra. Final Comments on Labor Market Segmentation: The Different Rotational Speeds of the Segments
- Ch. 6. Conclusion. Transnational Integration and the Controversy on Development.
- The Shrinking of the World and Fragmentation of Identities. Deterritorialization, Identity Fragmentation, and Ambiguity. Do Development Projects Promote Development? Considerations on Progress and Development. Development and the Moon Land.