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Tracks through the jungle: Bolivia and the TIPNIS conflict
Article by Cecilie Hirsch and John-Andrew McNeish regarding the conflict between lowland indigenous and the (indigenous led) government in Bolivia.
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NOLAN 2012
Call for papers: The 6th conference of the Nordic Latin American Research Network (Nolan), Stockholm, 26 - 28 April 2012.
Deadline for abstracts: 27 January. Read more here.
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Support for seminars
Five research related seminars to be organized in 2012 have been granted support by NorLARNet.
- Tracks through the jungle: Bolivia and the TIPNIS conflict
- The Argentinian post-electoral prospect after Kirchner, Cristina
- Nicaragua: The chronicle of an electoral victory foretold
- Chile, a sustainable society?
- Promise of changes but few results: Paraguay after three years with Lugo (Norw.)
- Peru’s presidential election 2011 (Engl./Norw.)
- Ecuador – The police revolt of 30 September: Attempted coup or union-based revolt out of control? (Norw./Span.)
- The Belo Monte Dam: a camel in the tent? (Norw./Engl.)
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Co-operative or coyote? Choice of sales channel for small scale coffee producers in Central America
Researcher Anna Birgitte Milford has examined why some coffee farmers are still unwilling to join co-operatives which can provide them the Fairtrade label.
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Flammable Societies – Studies on the Socio-economics of Oil and Gas
This book, edited by John-Andrew McNeish, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) and Chr. Michelsens Institute, and Owen Logan is the outcome of a comparative research project on the role of the oil and gas industry in the promotion of poverty reduction and social volatility.
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The sad countries
The discrimination against Haitians in the Dominican Republic, and the work of Sonia Pierre, is the topic of this article by Jørgen Yri, NTNU, published in Adresseavisen.
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NorLARNet literature report – Article and Book Chapters 2010-2011
A list of articles and book chapters based on registrations in Cristin by researchers in NorLARNet’s researcher database plus individual registrations reported to NorLARNet.
