Natural Resource Governance, Grievances and Conflict

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Introduction

   • Janine Romero Valenzuela

   Pages 1-30

3. Theoretical Concepts and Analytical Design

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   Pages 31-94

4. Resource Governance in Bolivia under Evo Morales (2006–2016)

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   Pages 95-159

5. Lithium Exploitation in Bolivia

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   Pages 161-227

6. Case Study Part I: Lithium Governance in Bolivia

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   Pages 229-314

7. Case Study Part II: Grievance Dimensions of Lithium Governance

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   Pages 315-374

8. Differences and Similarities: Lithium Grievances in Argentina

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   Pages 375-402

9. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

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   Pages 403-426

10. Back Matter

    Pages 427-484

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Janine Romero Valenzuela analyses the Bolivian lithium program in the largest empirical study to date with a focus on local perspectives and governance, identifying grievances and conflict dimensions. The case study shows that it is particularly an altered governance approach, the local trust in government and the high expectations that the Morales administration could create around lithium that influence local viewpoints. By applying the meaningful grievance concept on the local level, the book supports a further refinement of theories on a resource-governance-conflict-link. 

• Bolivia
• Resource Curse
• Governance
• Grievances
• Bolivien
• Lithium
• Resource Governance
• Rohstoff-Governance
• Resource Conflicts
• Rohstoffkonflikte
• Evo Morales
• Neo-Extractivism
• Neo-Extraktivismus
• area studies

• Berlin, Germany

  Janine Romero Valenzuela

Janine Romero Valenzuela received a PhD in public policy from the University of Erfurt for her dissertation on the Bolivian lithium program. She holds a Master in Public Policy from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and a Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural European and American Studies from the Universities of Halle and La Plata, Argentina. Currently she works as a policy officer for the German federal government.

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