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As progressive governments throughout Latin America have increased their dependence on natural resource extraction, the debate around extraction-based development, referred to in its current form as neo-extractivism, has been reinvigorated. While the neo-extractive literature has carried the debates well beyond the static nature of the resource curse, adequate attention has not yet been given to the experiences and dynamics that fall outside the dominant framings of mobilized resistance and conflict. Much of the current scholarship focuses on the various processes that disrupt or are challenged by extraction, but overlooked by these studies are the mechanisms and dynamics that perpetuate underlying patterns of extraction. I pursue the following questions of why, despite historical failures and recurrent conflicts associated with extraction-based development, does extraction continue to be perceived as a legitimate means for positive development? And, consequently, how does this support for extraction impact the development trajectories of Bolivia? Based on seven months of ethnographic research, supplemented by in-depth interviews and document analysis, my project illustrates the various ways in which consent for extraction is built in Bolivia. I argue that the way in which development is conceptualized, performed, and experienced under a progressive government demonstrates why extraction continues to be perceived as a legitimate means for development. More specifically, I integrate the concepts of resource nationalism, the magical state, cultural politics, and governable spaces within a broader framework shaped by Burawoy's notion of manufacturing consent. By bringing these concepts together with the notion of manufacturing consent we begin to see how actors at various scales engage with and even reproduce support for extraction-based development despite its historically negative consequences. In three empirical chapters, I illustrate the main mechanisms through which consent around extraction has been built in Bolivia: 1) Propaganda and performance by the Magical state; 2) Local level experiences and conceptualizations of development framed by historic marginalization; 3) The creation of new governable spaces by the state. These mechanisms demonstrate how different parts of society guarantee the reproduction of extraction, even amidst tremendous social and political change. As this project reveals, there is more variability to neo-extractivism than has been revealed in existing scholarship. Beliefs and perceptions about lithium extraction and, more broadly, extraction in general, are historically contingent, and are based in more than simply economic rationalities or the implementation of formal rights and protections. This project traces a different type of connection--the bond between lithium extraction and development--as it plays out at the local level. I find that the push for extraction is sustained partially through the conjoined interests of the state and local actors, albeit through unequal power dynamics. The potential benefits of the lithium are seen as limitless, while changes under the progressive leadership gives the appearance of mitigated risk, thus reinforcing support for extraction as a legitimate means for positive development. These findings also demonstrate that as resource extraction continues to play a critical role in the overall development transition of Latin America, the process must be understood and theorized in relation to the experiences and expectations of actors at multiple scales.