Natural resource extraction and political trust

Rebecca Miller

Resources Policy, 2015, vol. 45, issue C, 165-172

Abstract: Do natural resources influence political trust? I provide a new answer to this question by articulating a theory of political trust that relates to within-country variation in natural resource extraction rather than the more traditional empirical context of cross-country variation. The distributional consequences of natural resources within countries have a large, positive consequences on political trust. Residents within a mining district may experience disproportionate economic benefits compared to residents living in a non-mining district. These economic benefits, in turn, influence political trust. I test these arguments using Afrobarometer public opinion data in four democratic African states, namely Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.

Keywords: Political trust; Resource curse; Community perspectives; Sustainable mining; Corporate social responsibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2015.04.002

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