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This book traces the development of new concepts and measures in the field of stakeholder engagement while following the narrative of a community struggling with a fundamental change in its identity from a declining, malnourished llama herding village to one of the richest towns in Bolivia.
List of contents
Preface
Part One: Historic Context
Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: The Historical Roots of Divergent Views of Fairness
Chapter 3: Bolivian Politics from the Spanish to the Neo-Liberals
Chapter 4: The Anti-Foreigner Turn
Part Two: Retrospective from Discovery to Operating Mine
Chapter 5: Social License Concept
Chapter 6: From Geological Discovery to Construction 1994-2004
Chapter 7: Construction: 2004 to 2006
Chapter 8: Transition to Operating Mine: 2007 to 2009
Chapter 9: Renegotiation of Roles and Rights: 2010 and 2011
Part Three: Stakeholder Strategies from Quantitative Measures
Chapter 10: Shift to Quantitative Risk Assessment Methods
Chapter 11: Co-evolution of Risk Hotspots with Bolivian Politics and Economy: 2009 to 2015
Chapter 12: From Findings to Strategies that Work
Part Four: Distinctive Features and Conclusions
Chapter 13: Women and the San Cristóbal Mine
Chapter 14: The Trouble with Llamas
Chapter 15: Concluding Observations
About the author
Robert G. Boutilier is a strategy consultant, social researcher, and Associate of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Ian Thomson is a practising social consultant, researcher and communicator with more than 40 years of experience in the natural resource industries, most recently as principal of Shinglespit Consultants Inc., Canada.
Summary
This book traces the development of new concepts and measures in the field of stakeholder engagement while following the narrative of a community struggling with a fundamental change in its identity from a declining, malnourished llama herding village to one of the richest towns in Bolivia.
