Sustainability and Social Justice
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Framed by concepts of territorial project, social coalitions, and scalar relationships, we analyze rural territorial dynamics under conditions of rapid expansion in natural gas extraction. Analyzing recent economic, political, and territorial transformations of Bolivia's gas-rich region, Tarija, we argue that pre-existing territorial projects of a diverse set of subnational and national actors have: (i) shaped the influence of the gas industry on local dynamics; (ii) changed the scale relationships between local communities, the state, and companies; and (iii) mediated the transformation of territories in ways determined by the nature and aspirations of these territorial projects.
Publication Title
World Development
Publication Date
9-1-2015
Volume
73
First Page
105
Last Page
117
ISSN
0305-750X
DOI
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.12.016
Keywords
Bolivia, extractive industries, Latin America, rural development, social coalitions, territory
Repository Citation
Hinojosa, Leonith; Bebbington, Anthony; Cortez, Guido; Chumacero, Juan Pablo; Humphreys Bebbington, Denise; and Hennermann, Karl, "Gas and Development: Rural Territorial Dynamics in Tarija, Bolivia" (2015). Sustainability and Social Justice. 29.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/29
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