The Corrientes River Case: Indigenous People's Mobilization in Response to Oil Development in the Peruvian Amazon
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Date
2009-12
Authors
Lu, Graciela Maria Mercedes
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Economic models applied in Latin America tend to prioritize economic growth
heavily based on extractive industries and a power distribution model that affects social
equity and respect for human rights.
This thesis advances our understanding of the social, political and environmental
concerns that influenced the formation of a movement among the Achuar people, in
response to oil exploitation activities in the Peruvian Amazon. This study is based on a
political ecology analysis and a review of existing literature on local and global relations
of environmental issues. The Corrientes River case reveals how Amazonian indigenous
people gained competence to demand recognition of their collective rights to health and
citizenship. The Achuar people's mobilization was a result of frustration of sterile
dialogue with the authorities, the oil companies, and the pressure exerted by local people on their leaders. This mobilization resulted in an agreement that otherwise would likely
not have been reached.
Description
xiii, 84 p. : maps. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.
Keywords
Achuar Indians, Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Peru, Oil exploration