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Books by Timothy David Clark

This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed a... more This volume examines the ways in which the socio-economic elites of the region have transformed and expanded the material bases of their power from the inception of neo-liberal policies in the 1970s through to the so-called progressive ‘pink tide’ governments of the past two decades. The six case study chapters—on Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala—variously explore how state policies and even United Nations peace-keeping missions have enhanced elite control of land and agricultural exports, banks and insurance companies, wholesale and import commerce, industrial activities, and alliances with foreign capital. Chapters also pay attention to the ways in which violence has been deployed to maintain elite power, and how international forces feed into sustaining historic and contemporary configurations of power.

Canadian mining activity in Latin America has exploded over the past decade and a half. Investors... more Canadian mining activity in Latin America has exploded over the past decade and a half. Investors have responded to neo-liberal policies of deregulation, privatization, state-downsizing, and export promotion encouraged by leading capitalist nations and international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. The result, predictably, has been sharp conflicts between the communities affected by mining and their advocates on one side, and the transnational mining companies supported by the local state and the Canadian government on the other.

This collection, the most comprehensive in the English-language to date, investigates these conflicts in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Contributors address the related sustainable development, community, corporate, legal, and social issues. A valuable contribution to Latin American development studies, this collection will be of interest to students and specialists in the field, journalists, NGOs, and policymakers.

Papers by Timothy David Clark

The term 'Chicago Boys' remains closely associated with the orthodox neoliberal adjustment implem... more The term 'Chicago Boys' remains closely associated with the orthodox neoliberal adjustment implemented in Chile by the Pinochet dictatorship. The conventional portrayal of the Chicago Boys is of a group of U.S.-trained, technocratic economists who institutionalized neoliberal principles and technocratic prerogatives in public-policymaking in Chile. This article will contend the Chicago Boys were much more than neoliberal technocrats: they were a revolutionary vanguard that designed and led a capitalist revolution and radically altered the material and ideological foundations of the nation.

The crisis of neoliberal globalization has led many scholars back to Karl Polanyi in their search... more The crisis of neoliberal globalization has led many scholars back to Karl Polanyi in their search for alternatives to the present malaise. The dominant reading appropriates the concepts of embeddedness and the double movement in support of a system of regulated, welfare-state capitalism. This article contends, however, that the concepts of embeddedness and the double movement point not towards the need to regulate capitalist markets, but towards the radical supersession of capitalism itself.

The Pinochet dictatorship is generally considered the ‘laboratory’ of neoliberal policy experimen... more The Pinochet dictatorship is generally considered the ‘laboratory’ of neoliberal policy experimentation and remains to date one of its most orthodox and iconic exemplars. The conventional portrayal of the military regime, which informs the mainstream political and intellectual debate between 'radical' and 'pragmatic' neoliberals, is of a counterrevolutionary neoliberal rollback of the decades of creeping statism that had culminated in the presidency of Salvador Allende. Building upon the work of more critical and class-based analyses, this paper will contend that the Pinochet dictatorship is best understood not as a neoliberal counterrevolution but rather as a state-led capitalist revolution that radically reconstructed state and society and institutionalized a contradictory and yet profound capitalist hegemony.

This article analyzes the impact of state policies since the 1970s on household food security in ... more This article analyzes the impact of state policies since the 1970s on household food security in several Mapuche communities in the Araucanía region of Chile (Region IX). The author highlights key transformations in the national economy and food system and endeavors to link those to local phenomena, in particular the absorption of the local livelihood strategies and food systems into capitalist markets and the high incidences of food insecurity. The article concludes that a re-conceptualization of macroeconomic and indigenous policies are required to rebuild the material and social foundations of rural Mapuche communities that provide the bases from which their inhabitants can reconstruct a mutually beneficial relationship
with the broader Chilean society and avert the continued acceleration of tension and violence.

Book Chapters by Timothy David Clark

This chapter reviews the advances made during the commodity boom of the 2000s in Latin America, a... more This chapter reviews the advances made during the commodity boom of the 2000s in Latin America, and then examines the internal and external obstacles to a more sustainable and equitable development for Latin America, including the rise and integration of criminal networks into state and business networks and the persistence of violence throughout the region. The chapter concludes with some reflections on the future of the region as the commodity super-cycle unwinds and democratic institutions are coming under greater strain.

This chapter provides an overview of the political and economic history of mining in Latin Americ... more This chapter provides an overview of the political and economic history of mining in Latin America. It then summarizes the main themes and chapters of the volume and highlights the future challenges facing the mining industry in Latin America and the role of Canada in helping the countries of the region use resource extraction to meet better their development and environmental goals.

This paper examines critically the development of the mining industry in Chile since the Pinochet... more This paper examines critically the development of the mining industry in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship, its social and ecological toll, and its relative contribution to national development. The chapter then examines the role of Canadian mining companies in Chile, with an emphasis upon Barrick Gold and its Pascua Lama project.

Reports by Timothy David Clark

This ground-breaking report is a first of its kind in Canada: an Indigenous-controlled assessment... more This ground-breaking report is a first of its kind in Canada: an Indigenous-controlled assessment of the impacts of a major natural disaster that brings together First Nations and Métis governments, communities, and organizations from across an entire region. This project brought together 11 Indigenous communities/organizations and three regional Indigenous partner organizations and is based upon two years of detailed research, including 10 focus groups, 40 interviews, a regional survey of more than 600 Indigenous people, and a review of more than 200 secondary sources on Indigenous research methodologies, the Indigenous history of northeastern Alberta, Indigenous vulnerability and resilience to natural disasters, and disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The 36 recommendations detailed in the final section cover a range of themes, including reconciliation and rights; jurisdiction, responsibility, and regional cooperation; community-based preparedness; response, re-entry, and recovery; and mitigation.

This report presents the findings of the literature review carried out as part of a project to as... more This report presents the findings of the literature review carried out as part of a project to assess the impacts of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires on the Indigenous peoples of the region. This report will review key literature in four areas: (1) methodologies for the assessment of disaster impacts on Indigenous communities; (2) the vulnerabilities of Indigenous peoples to wildfires and other natural disasters, (3) the development of general and specific resilience in Indigenous communities, and (4) the integration of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge into disaster recovery and disaster risk and recovery plans. The report will present the basic analytical framework that will guide the impact assessment and will serve as a useful reference guide for professionals and scholars working in the fields of wildfires, natural disasters, and Indigenous peoples.

Drawing an extensive primary and secondary information, including interviews, focus groups, and h... more Drawing an extensive primary and secondary information, including interviews, focus groups, and household surveys, this report provides a comprehensive assessment of the potential cultural impacts of the Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine, located in Alberta, Canada, on the McMurray Métis community. The study develops a unique set of tools to assess and characterize cultural effects based on the principles of Indigenous knowledge, interrelatedness, and cumulativeness. The report concludes the project is likely to have significant cumulative cultural impacts on the McMurray Métis community.

This report presents archival information, primary oral history interviews, secondary historical ... more This report presents archival information, primary oral history interviews, secondary historical scholarship, and primary government sources that demonstrate Fort McMurray is a historic and contemporary rights-bearing Métis community as defined in R. v. Powley. Historical census data, Hudson Bay Company archives, oral history accounts, and genealogical information enable the McMurray Métis community to trace its origins as a distinctive settlement within a broader regional Métis community prior to the time of Effective European Control (herein effective control) of northeastern Alberta. Today, as historically, McMurray Métis community members self-identify as Métis, maintain traditional land use practices in the areas around Fort McMurray, and consider themselves part of a distinctive historic and contemporary Métis community.