Negotiating Natural Resource Conflicts: A Study of State Practices, Peasant Mobilisation and Sub‐National Government in the Peruvian Andes

Peter Wilson Leys, Mariano Arones

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Abstract

This article explores the dynamics of natural resource conflicts and local government in the Peruvian Andes. Recent publications have found that efficiency and democratic accountability in local government are key variables for mitigating conflict. By focusing on the ethnographies of two conflicts and as participant observers within local government, we argue that by re‐framing the analytical focus within local histories and current practices of natural resource conflicts, we can better make sense of the dynamics of current land politics. The article presents a sequential framework that explores key moments of the relations between the state and peasant communities during natural resource conflicts. Through this framework, we argue that natural resource conflicts are negotiated in a sphere of politics that transcends the state's institutional and legal limits.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBulletin of Latin American Research
Vol/bind38
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)624-637
Antal sider14
ISSN0261-3050
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2019

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