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Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

byThea Riofrancos

Political scientist Thea Riofrancos follows lithium and other critical minerals across the new frontiers opened by the transition away from fossil fuels. She visits extraction sites and communities to examine how climate policy, corporate strategy, geopolitics, labor, Indigenous sovereignty, and environmental protection collide around supposedly green resources. The book challenges the idea that replacing one energy system with another is automatically just or sustainable. Riofrancos asks who bears the costs of electrification and explores democratic alternatives that could reduce material demand, share benefits, and give affected communities real power over development.

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date

2025-09-23

Format

Hardcover

Pages

288

ISBN

9781324036760