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Agenda-setting and The Political Ecology of Large Infrastructure Projects in Latin America

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  • J Carlos Dominguez (QEH)

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This paper analyses the complex interplay between the environmental acceptability of large infrastructure projects and other normative values that may influence policy decisions, such as 'social justice' and 'economic growth'. It explores how historical changes in policy ideas may determine if a project survives on the policy agenda, if it is moved up to the decision-agenda; and whether and how it is finally implemented. Two case studies are presented with more detail: the project for a new international airport in Mexico City (1964-2000) and the Misicuni Multipurpose Project, aimed at solving the problems of water scarcity in Cochabamba, Bolivia (1952-2000).

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  • J Carlos Dominguez (QEH), "undated". "Agenda-setting and The Political Ecology of Large Infrastructure Projects in Latin America," QEH Working Papers qehwps159, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
    • Handle: RePEc:qeh:qehwps:qehwps159
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