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050		4	_aHD9574.S62 _bV37 2014
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100	1		_aVasquez, Patricia I., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOil sparks in the Amazon _h[electronic resource] : _blocal conflicts, indigenous populations, and natural resources / _cPatricia I Vasquez.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aAthens [Georgia] : _bUniversity of Georgia Press, _c[2014] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xix, 187 pages) :) _billustrations, maps.
490	1		_aStudies in security and international affairs
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [151]-167) and index.
505	0		_aList of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Tracing oil- and gas- related conflicts -- Indigenous peoples and natural resource development -- Structural causes of local conflicts -- Transient triggers of local conflicts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aFor 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. Vasquez 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 over land, displacement, water contamination, jobs, and wealth distribution reflect those differences. Vasquez spent fifteen years traveling to the oil producing regions of Latin America, conducting hundreds of interviews with the stakeholders in local conflicts. She analyzes fifty-five social and environmental clashes related to oil and gas extraction in the Andean countries (Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia). She also examines what triggers local hydrocarbons disputes and offers policy recommendations to resolve or prevent them. Vasquez argues that each case should be analyzed with attention to its specific sociopolitical and economic context. She shows how the key to preventing disputes that lead to local conflicts is to address structural flaws (such as poor governance and inadequate legal systems) and nonstructural flaws (such as stakeholders' attitudes and behavior) at the outset. Doing this will require more than strong political commitments to ensure the equitable distribution of oil and gas revenues. It will require attention to the local values and culture as well.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aSocial conflict _zSouth America.
650		0	_aIndians of South America _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xEnvironmental aspects _zSouth America.
650		0	_aPetroleum industry and trade _xSocial aspects _zSouth America.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _w(DLC) 2013014541 _z082034561 _z9780820345611 _z0820345628 _z9780820345628
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780820346380/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32876 _d32876