Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ctwq20 Third World Quarterly ISSN: 0143-6597 (Print) 1360-2241 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctwq20 The cynical state: forging extractivism, neoliberalism and development in governmental spaces Roger Merino To cite this article: Roger Merino (2019): The cynical state: forging extractivism, neoliberalism and development in governmental spaces, Third World Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1668264 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1668264 Published online: 04 Oct 2019. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data