Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54935 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
GIGA Working Papers No. 184
Publisher: 
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg
Abstract: 
With the recent expansion of extractive industries in Latin America, contestations with the affected communities have increased in number and intensity. Therein, the indigenous right to prior consultation and to free, prior and informed consent has played a crucial role. Based on the empirical study of several consultation processes in Bolivia's hydrocarbon sector since 2007 and referring to deliberative theories as well as human rights norms, this article explores the enabling and constraining factors in the democratization of resource governance through these procedures. While the specificities of consultations in plurinational Bolivia are taken into account, the study also draws general conclusions for similar processes in other resource-reliant countries.
Subjects: 
resource governance
human rights
indigenous peoples
prior consultation
deliberative democracy
Bolivia
Latin America
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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