List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Oil and Neoliberalism in Argentina; Part I. Neoliberal Kinship; 1. Affective Reform; 2. Creating a Privatized Public; Part II. Petroleum Citizenship; 3. Fueling Consumer Citizenship; 4. Creating Bonds; Conclusion: The Neoliberal Family and the Corporate Effect; Notes; References; Index
Summary
While most people live far from the sites of oil production, oil politics involves us all. Resources for Reform explores how people's lives intersect with the increasingly globalized and concentrated oil industry through a close look at Argentina's experiment with privatizing its national oil company in the name of neoliberal reform. Examining Argentina's conversion from a state-controlled to a private oil market, Elana Shever reveals interconnections between large-scale transformations in society and small-scale shifts in everyday practice, intimate relationships, and identity. This engaging e
