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Oil Sparks in the Amazon : Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources /

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"For decades, studies of oil-related conflicts focused on the causes and effects of natural resources mismanagement, commonly known as the "resource curse"--The paradoxical connection between oil wealth and economic busts (as in Venezuela) or, in a later twist, the link between the pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasquez, Patricia I. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2014.
Series:Studies in security and international affairs.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects > South America.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > South America.
Indians of South America > Social conditions.
Social conflict > South America.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Petroleum industry and trade > Social aspects.
Social conflict.
South America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter one. Tracing oil- and gas-related conflicts; Chapter two. Indigenous peoples and natural resource development; Chapter three. structural causes of local conflicts; Chapter four. Transient triggers of local conflicts; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.