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This Book Considers The Comparative And Historical Dimensions Of State Ownership In Natural Resources Sectors In Latin America And Beyond, So As To Better Understand The Opportunities For Industrial Development In The Global South During The 21st Century. Analysing The Overlooked Role And Performance Of State-owned Enterprises (soes) In Industrial Development And The Emerging Growth Models In Latin America Between 1990s And 2010s, The Book Provides A Much-needed Correction To The Political Economy Literature On Natural Resource Politics In The Region. It Also Sets Out A New Pathway For Scholarship To Consider The Exercise Of State Agency In The Twenty-first Century As A Vital Response To Economic Globalization Amidst New Geopolitical Dynamics And Challenges, Such As The Clean Energy Transition. The Empirical Chapters On Brazil And Chile Provide Detailed Analysis Of The Creation, Survival, And Persistence Of Soes In Strategic Oil & Gas (brazil) And Mining (chile) Industries. The Book Argues That Soes Have Successfully Contributed To Industrial Development By Way Of Performing Three Roles: (a) To Leverage Fiscal Revenues, (b) To Promote Technological Innovation Within The Sector; And (c) To Build Domestic Industrial Capacity Through Economic Linkages Beyond The Extractive Sector-- Provided By Publisher.