TY - JOUR
T1 - Local Politics and the Resource Curse
T2 - Natural Resources, Interest Heterogeneity and Protest in Bolivia
AU - Flesken, Anaïd
AU - Kuhn, Annegret
N1 - The acceptance date for this record is provisional and based upon the month of publication for the article.
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - Studies of public contentious action in response to mineral resource extraction have rarely employed quantitative methods. In a highly disaggregated statistical analysis we examine local protest dynamics in Bolivia and argue for a political conditioning of the so-called resource curse. We find that mineral gas resources spark disputes over both extraction and rent redistribution at the local level, and that this relationship is especially pronounced where the population has highly heterogenous political values and interests. In contrast, where the population is relatively united in their political views, significantly fewer protests occur.
AB - Studies of public contentious action in response to mineral resource extraction have rarely employed quantitative methods. In a highly disaggregated statistical analysis we examine local protest dynamics in Bolivia and argue for a political conditioning of the so-called resource curse. We find that mineral gas resources spark disputes over both extraction and rent redistribution at the local level, and that this relationship is especially pronounced where the population has highly heterogenous political values and interests. In contrast, where the population is relatively united in their political views, significantly fewer protests occur.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0008423918000604
DO - 10.1017/S0008423918000604
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85055480027
VL - 52
SP - 385
EP - 403
JO - Canadian Journal of Political Science
JF - Canadian Journal of Political Science
SN - 0008-4239
IS - 2
ER -