Equality and Advantage in Emerging Federations and the Dilemma of Non-Renewable Natural Resources: The Cases of the Solomon Islands and Trinidad and Tobago
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2021
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Brill
Abstract
In many fragmented societies, where identifiable groups are clustered in distinct territorial areas, conflict often revolves around ownership, control and
access to the benefits of non-renewable natural resources (nrnr s), particularly when it concerns the highly lucrative resources of oil and gas, which are
usually very unevenly spread across a country. A World Bank report even claims
that this is one of the most important causes of civil war.1 In the case of South
Sudan, the current civil war appears to be driven by the struggle for control of
oil resources.
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Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Emerging Federations
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Steytler, Nico ‘Equality and Advantage in Emerging Federations and the Dilemma of Non-Renewable Natural Resources: The Cases of the Solomon Islands and Trinidad and Tobago’ in Eva Maria Besler et al, eds. The Principle of Equality in Diverse States - Reconciling Autonomy with Equal Rights and Opportunities (Brill, 2021) pp. 197–223