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Political ecologies of resource extraction: agendas pendientes

| By A. Bebbington | Published by European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 100: 85-98 | | Official webpage and full text | Summary: Research related to extractive industries has grown significantly over the last decade. As the commodities boom appears to be winding down, this article outlines areas for potential future research. Emphasis is placed […]

Growth, poverty and inequality in sub-national development: learning from Latin America’s territories

| Edited by J. Berdegué, A. Bebbington, and J. Escobal | Special Issue of World Development vol. 73 | | Full text (open access) | This special issue contains the findings from a program conducted over five years in 11 Latin America countries to answer three questions: (1) Are there rural territories that have experienced simultaneous […]

Explaining spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions and coalitions

| By J. Berdegué, J. Escobal, A. Bebbington | Published by World Development, 73: 129-137 | | Full text (PDF) || Abstract: This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved […]

Gas and development: Rural Territorial Dynamics in Tarija, Bolivia

| By L.Hinojosa, A. Bebbington, G. Cortez, J.P.Chumacero, D. Humphreys Bebbington, K.Hennermann | Published by World Development, 73: 105-117 | | Full text (PDF) | Summary: 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 […]

Extraterritorial investments, environmental crisis and collective action in Latin America

| By P. Ospina, A. Bebbington, P. Hollenstein, I. Nussbaum, E. Ramírez | Published in World Development, 73: 32-43 | | Full text (PDF) | Summary: A growing number of extraterritorial private-sector actors, often in partnership with the state, are expanding the frontiers of extractive and primary export economies to new rural territories in Latin America. This […]

Conceptualizing spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions and coalitions

| By J. Berdegué, A. Bebbington, J. Escobal | Published in World Development, 73:1-10 | | Full text (PDF | Summary: This article is the introduction to a volume containing findings from a program conducted over five years in 11 Latin America countries, to answer three questions: (1) Are there rural territories that have experienced simultaneous economic growth, […]

Mining, risk and climate resilience in the ‘other’ Pacific: Latin American lessons for the South Pacific

| By A. Bebbington, J.Bury, N.Cuba, J.Rogan | Published by Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 56(2): 189-207 | | Full text (PDF) | Abstract: We suggest the value of considering Pacific Latin America and the South Pacific in relationship to each other in contexts of climate change and investment in extractive industry. The paper explores the interactions between extractive […]

At the Boundaries of La Política: Political ecology, policy networks and moments of government,

| By Anthony Bebbington | Published in the Handbook of Political Ecology. Edited by G. Bridge, J. McCarthy and T. Perreault. London: Routledge | Abstract: I don’t know if my colleagues in Latin America are political ecologists or not. They probably are, many of them at least. Most of them view natural resources and nature as a terrain […]

Governing natural resources for inclusive development

| By Anthony Bebbington | Published in The Politics of Inclusive Development: Interrogating the Evidence, pp. 86-115. Edited by S. Hickey, K. Sen, B. Bukenya. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Abstract: This chapter addresses institutional and political relationships that govern the interactions between natural resource extraction, economy and society with a focus on the mining and […]