Natural Resource Governance, Grievances and Conflict
Publisher: Springer Nature
Author(s): Janine Romero Valenzuela
Date: 2019
Topics: Conflict Causes, Dispute Resolution/Mediation, Extractive Resources, Governance, Livelihoods
Countries: Bolivia
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.