Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018

This article analyzes the Bolivian hydrocarbon public policy of the 2006-2018 period, drawing from the analytical framework of public policy designs and the methodological accounts of tracing processes. This research seeks to understand the formulation and implementation of specific types of extract...

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Main Author: César Augusto Camacho-Soliz
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Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2019-09-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3792
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description This article analyzes the Bolivian hydrocarbon public policy of the 2006-2018 period, drawing from the analytical framework of public policy designs and the methodological accounts of tracing processes. This research seeks to understand the formulation and implementation of specific types of extractivist public policies in democratic contexts. The objective is to highlight how the sovereign recovery of natural resources generates public responsibility deficits. In order to address this topic, a causal mechanism, that includes the analysis of the adoption of new policy objectives (placed on the agenda), is identified and established, as well as the description of the means of the policy (formulation), its adaptation to the existing rules (institutional change) and the way in which the instruments are measured and combined at the time of implementation (political interaction) to generate the expected result. Finally, each aspect of the causal mechanism is supported by empirical evidence obtained through the identification of policy instruments organized in a research protocol under the NATO (Nodality, Authority, Treasure and Organization) typology in order to provide external and internal validation for the hypothesis. Bolivia is selected from a set of typical cases with the selection criteria centered on the relationship between the proposed cause and expected effect.
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spelling doaj-art-68453481073444f48f94016c441471ee2025-02-02T09:16:47ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832019-09-0123652949https://doi.org/10.17141/iconos.65.2019.3792Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018César Augusto Camacho-SolizThis article analyzes the Bolivian hydrocarbon public policy of the 2006-2018 period, drawing from the analytical framework of public policy designs and the methodological accounts of tracing processes. This research seeks to understand the formulation and implementation of specific types of extractivist public policies in democratic contexts. The objective is to highlight how the sovereign recovery of natural resources generates public responsibility deficits. In order to address this topic, a causal mechanism, that includes the analysis of the adoption of new policy objectives (placed on the agenda), is identified and established, as well as the description of the means of the policy (formulation), its adaptation to the existing rules (institutional change) and the way in which the instruments are measured and combined at the time of implementation (political interaction) to generate the expected result. Finally, each aspect of the causal mechanism is supported by empirical evidence obtained through the identification of policy instruments organized in a research protocol under the NATO (Nodality, Authority, Treasure and Organization) typology in order to provide external and internal validation for the hypothesis. Bolivia is selected from a set of typical cases with the selection criteria centered on the relationship between the proposed cause and expected effect.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3792Public responsability deficitpolicy instrumentscausal mechanismhydrocarbon policytraicing of processetraicing of processesrecovery of hydrocarbon sovereignty
spellingShingle César Augusto Camacho-Soliz
Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
Íconos
Public responsability deficit
policy instruments
causal mechanism
hydrocarbon policy
traicing of processe
traicing of processes
recovery of hydrocarbon sovereignty
title Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
title_full Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
title_fullStr Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
title_full_unstemmed Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
title_short Sovereignty of natural resources and accountability. The case of the Bolivian hydrocarbon policy, 2006-2018
title_sort sovereignty of natural resources and accountability the case of the bolivian hydrocarbon policy 2006 2018
topic Public responsability deficit
policy instruments
causal mechanism
hydrocarbon policy
traicing of processe
traicing of processes
recovery of hydrocarbon sovereignty
url https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3792
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