Indigenous Right to Self-Determination in Extractivist Economies

This Element examines six Indigenous communities with contrasting experiences of extractive projects. It highlights the Indigenous ability to shape different self-determination outcomes, and assesses Indigenous possibilities for self-determination in the light of environmental activism and discourses on Buen Vivir.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theory and methods; 3. The cases; 4. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element examines six Indigenous communities with contrasting experiences of extractive projects. It highlights the Indigenous ability to shape different self-determination outcomes, and assesses Indigenous possibilities for self-determination in the light of environmental activism and discourses on Buen Vivir.

Product details

• Authors: Marcela Torres-Wong, Marcela (Facultad Latinoamericana De Torres-Wong, Marcela (Latin American Faculty of So Torres-Wong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009410908
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941090-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Politics and Society in Latin America
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Peru, Mexico, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Bolivia, Mining Industry, Regional government, Indigenous people: governance and politics, Extractive industries