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

Informationen zum Autor PATRICIA I. VASQUEZ is an independent energy expert and former Jennings Randolph senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and an advisor on energy and sustainable development issues. Previously, she was the head of the Latin America Department at Energy Intelligence. Klappentext For decades! studies of oil-related conflicts have focused on the effects of natural resource mismanagement! resulting in economic booms and busts or violence as rebels fight ruling governments over hydrocarbon resources. In Oil Sparks in the Amazon! Patricia Vásquez argues that 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Patricia I. V¿uez, Patricia Vasquez, Patricia I. Vasquez, Patricia I Vásquez, Patricia I. Vásquez
• Con la collaborazione di: Scott Jones (Editore), William Keller (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Georgia Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9780820345628
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4562-8
• Serie: Studies in Security and Intern; Studies in Security and Intern; Studies in Security and International Affairs
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Internationale Beziehungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Energiewirtschaft und Versorgungsunternehmen, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, Politics / Current Events, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies