Browsing by Autor "Patric Hollenstein"

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Extraterritorial Investments, Environmental Crisis, and Collective Action in Latin America
(2014) Pablo Ospina Peralta; Anthony Bebbington; Patric Hollenstein; Ilana Nussbaum; Eduardo Ramı́rez
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 paper analyzes the conditions that might drive meaningful efforts to address environmental problems in territories dominated by large, externally controlled natural resource-based activities. It studies three cases: salmon aquaculture in Chiloé (Chile), fruit growing in O’Higgins (Chile), and gas production in Tarija (Bolivia). We conclude that such efforts are unlikely to occur unless environmental problems directly threaten the short-term viability of the activities or social movements emerge to demand change.
Territorial Coalitions and Rural Dynamics in Ecuador. Why History Matters
(2014) Pablo Ospina Peralta; Patric Hollenstein
This paper analyzes the extent to which transformative territorial coalitions can deliberately change the exclusive structures that afflict rural territories in Latin America. A historical comparison of three rural territorial dynamics in Ecuador demonstrates that deliberate planning is not necessary to promote an inclusive and equitable economic dynamic if a long historical process has created favorable territorial social structures. When territories do not have such social structures, they are more likely to require a strong exogenous shock to create a new and inclusive economic organization.