Gas and Development: Rural Territorial Dynamics in Tarija, Bolivia

Leonith Hinojosa, Anthony Bebbington, Guido Cortez, Juan Pablo Chumacero, Denise Humphreys Bebbington and Karl Hennermann

World Development, 2015, vol. 73, issue C, 105-117

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.

Keywords: rural development; social coalitions; territory; extractive industries; Latin America; Bolivia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.12.016

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