Sovereignty is a significant force regarding the ownership, use, protection and management of natural resources. By placing an emphasis on the complex intertwined relationship between natural resources and diverse claims to resource sovereignty, this book reveals the backstory of contemporary resource contestations in Latin America and their positioning within a more extensive history of extraction in the region. Exploring cases of resource contestation in Bolivia, Colombia and Guatemala, Sovereign Forces highlights the value of these relationships to the practice of environmental governance and peacebuilding in the region.
Table of Content
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Sovereignty Matters
Chapter 1. Sovereignty within and beyond the State
Chapter 2. Resource Politics at the Margins
Chapter 3. Contesting Extraction and Sovereignty in Colombia and Guatemala
Chapter 4. Citizens of Lithium and Salt
Chapter 5. No Negotiation with a Gun to Your Head?
Conclusion: Making Use of Sovereign Forces?
Index
About the author
John-Andrew Mc Neish is Professor of International Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
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