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Populism or Petrostate?: The Afterlives of Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Initiative
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In 2007, the Government of Ecuador announced the Yasuni-ITT Initiative as discussed by the authors, a proposal to forego exploiting 20% of its oil reserves located in Yasuni National Park.Abstract:
In 2007, the Government of Ecuador announced the Yasuni-ITT Initiative: a proposal to forego exploiting 20% of its oil reserves located in the Yasuni National Park – home to one of the earth’s most...read more
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Populism in Latin America
TL;DR: The authors explored the phenomenon of populism in Latin America, taking into account the realities of inequitable wealth distribution, rampant corruption, the rise of indigenous movements, Latin American views on the state's role in society, emerging norms for civil-military relationships, globalization & trans-nationalist entities, and ubiquitous over-indebtedness.
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Governing the dark side of renewable energy: A typology of global displacements
TL;DR: In this paper, a typology of displacement is proposed to understand the socioeconomic and environmental effects of onshore wind, solar photovoltaics (PV), and lithium-ion batteries.
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Combined and uneven energy transitions: reactive decarbonization in Cuba and Venezuela
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how prevailing calls for energy transitions to post-carbon futures reflect the combined and uneven present, replicating the inequalities of late carbon capitalism, and highlight difficulties along the path to more sustainable and just futures.
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Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options
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TL;DR: Seven case selection procedures are considered, each of which facilitates a different strategy for within-case analysis and discusses quantitative approaches that meet the goals of the approach, while still requiring information that can reasonably be gathered for a large number of cases.
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The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States
TL;DR: The Paradox of Plenty as mentioned in this paper explains why, in the midst of two massive oil booms in the 1970s, oil-exporting governments as different as Venezuela, Iran, Nigeria, Algeria, and Indonesia chose common development paths and suffered similarly disappointing outcomes.
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The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
TL;DR: The Paradoxical Wealth of Nations 1 Appendix 1.1 Appendix 2.1 A Note on Methods and Measurements 14 Chapter Two: The Trouble with Oil Revenues 27 Chapter Three: More Petroleum, Less Democracy 63 Appendix 3.1 Statistical Analysis of Oil and Democracy 93 Chapter Four: Petroleum Perpetuates Patriarchy 111 Appendix 4.1 a Statistical analysis of oil and the status of women 132 Chapter Five: Oil-Based Violence 145 Appendix 5.1
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The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
TL;DR: The authors examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other post-colonized nations. But they do not address the challenges of the state's foreign creditors, counter a declining economy and contain a discontented citizenry.