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050 4 _aHD9574.S62
_bV37 2014
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100 1 _aVasquez, Patricia I.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOil Sparks in the Amazon
_bLocal Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources /
_cPatricia I Vasquez.
264 1 _bProject Muse,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (xix, 187 pages) :
_billustrations, maps.
490 0 _aStudies in security and international affairs
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [151]-167) and index.
505 0 _aList of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Tracing oil- and gas- related conflicts -- Indigenous peoples and natural resource development -- Structural causes of local conflicts -- Transient triggers of local conflicts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 _aFor decades, studies of oil-related conflicts have focused on the effects of natural resource mismanagement, resulting in great economic booms and busts or violence as rebels fight ruling governments over their regions' hydrocarbon resources. In Oil Sparks in the Amazon, Patricia I. Vasquez writes that while oil busts and civil wars are common, the tension over oil in the Amazon has played out differently, in a way inextricable from the region itself. Oil disputes in the Amazon primarily involve local indigenous populations. These groups' social and cultural identities differ from the rest of the population, and the diverse disputes over land, displacement, water contamination, jobs, and wealth distribution reflect those differences. Vasquez spent fifteen years traveling to the oil producing regions of Latin America, conducting hundreds of interviews with the stakeholders in local conflicts. She analyzes fifty-five social and environmental clashes related to oil and gas extraction in the Andean countries (Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia). She also examines what triggers local hydrocarbons disputes and offers policy recommendations to resolve or prevent them. Vasquez argues that each case should be analyzed with attention to its specific sociopolitical and economic context. She shows how the key to preventing disputes that lead to local conflicts is to address structural flaws (such as poor governance and inadequate legal systems) and nonstructural flaws (such as stakeholders' attitudes and behavior) at the outset. Doing this will require more than strong political commitments to ensure the equitable distribution of oil and gas revenues. It will require attention to the local values and culture as well.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aSocial conflict
_zSouth America.
650 0 _aIndians of South America
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aPetroleum industry and trade
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zSouth America.
650 0 _aPetroleum industry and trade
_xSocial aspects
_zSouth America.
655 0 _aElectronic books.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse,
_edistributor.
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_w(DLC) 2013014541
_z082034561
_z9780820345611
_z0820345628
_z9780820345628
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aStudies in security and international affairs.
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/26926/
945 _aProject MUSE - 2013 Complete
945 _aProject MUSE - 2013 Political Science and Policy Studies
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