The Roots of Engagement: Understanding Opposition and Support for Resource Extraction
Moisés Arce, "The Roots of Engagement: Understanding Opposition and Support for Resource Extraction "
English | ISBN: 0197639674 | 2022 | 216 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0197639674 | 2022 | 216 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In recent years, emerging economies in the Global South have increased the overall demand for raw materials and bolstered the price of oil, minerals, and other commodities. As a result, resource-rich countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced an important economic bonanza and reduced levels of poverty and inequality. However, for communities living near the extractive frontier, mining has caused serious environmental degradation, and many in these communities have protested local extractive industries.
Departing from the existing literature,
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