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Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources (Studies in Security and International Affairs)
Patricia I. Vasquez
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Description for Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources (Studies in Security and International Affairs)
Paperback. Series: Studies in Security and International Affairs. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JPS; KNBP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
For 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. Vásquez 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 ... Read more
For 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. Vásquez 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Security and International Affairs
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820345628
SKU
V9780820345628
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About Patricia I. Vasquez
Patricia I. Vásquez 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.
Reviews for Oil Sparks in the Amazon: Local Conflicts, Indigenous Populations, and Natural Resources (Studies in Security and International Affairs)
“Patricia I. Vásquez’s groundbreaking book does a superb job illuminating oil-related local conflicts in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. Vásquez’s scrupulous and extensive research yielded invaluable insights that will be of great use to scholars and decision makers in both the public and private sectors. Her study is highly nuanced and admirably sensitive to the many complexities behind one of today’s ... Read more