Bound Volume Number
Volume IV
Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-2016
Capstone Advisor
Thomas Perreault
Capstone Major
International Relations
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Keywords
Yasuní-ITT case
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
International and Area Studies
Abstract
© Haley Kulakowski 2016
Abstract
This paper explores and challenges the development strategies of Rafael Correa in Ecuador and, more generally, the new Latin American left through the Yasuní-ITT case study. Claiming to implement a post-neoliberal development model that stands to uphold the principles of buen vivir, post-neoliberalism, and the 2008 Ecuadorean constitution, the Yasuní-ITT case study seems less like a commitment to the rights of the Pachamama and the rights of indigenous tribes, and more like a political tactic, the creation of a hollow narrative that positions the new Latin American left as anti-Northern, anti- IMF, and as “post-neoliberal.” In this thesis, I examine different data from the World Bank, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), IndexMundi, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Ecuadorean government, and other sources in order to determine changes under the Correa administration in oil and development strategies. I also use experts, and their research to drive my argument and further explore twenty-first century socialism. These sources and data will help prove that the Correa administration, and other Latin American leftist governments, are not providing a viable “post-neoliberal development strategy” but rather that the systems we see in place are a form of neo-extractivism, a system that continues to exploit hydrocarbons but with a larger state role.
Recommended Citation
Kulakowski, Haley, "A Case Study of the Yasuní-ITT: What is New about the Twenty-First Century Socialist Development Model?" (2016). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 946.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/946
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