Oil Politics and Indigenous Resistance in the Peruvian Amazon: The Rhetoric of Modernity Against the Reality of Coloniality

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-97

  Stetson, George ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

indigenous politics; modernity coloniality; natural resource policies; oil development; Peruvian Amazon; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ENERGY POLICY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MODERNITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; OIL PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PERU;

EID: 84857621198     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511433425     Document Type: Article

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