Resource Curse Contested—Environmental Constructions in the Russian Periphery and Sustainable Development

Tynkkynen, Veli-Pekka

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“…Kim 2003;Bradshaw 2006;Travin & Marganiya 2010), only a few studies dis-Local natural resource curse and sustainable socio-economic cuss the resource curse as a local phenomenon, such as Tynkkynen (2007), from a geographical point of view, and Borge et al (2013), from an economic point of view. Studying the natural resource curse at a local level presents a challenge in that one has to adapt state-and regional-level theories to the local level.…”

Section: Fennia 193: 1 (2015) Tuomas Suutarinenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kim 2003;Davis & Tilton 2005;Bradshaw 2006;Humphreys et al 2007;Tynkkynen 2007;Travin & Marganiya 2010;Van der Ploeg 2011) and staple thesis 2 (e.g. Schmallegger & Carson 2010;Carson & Carson 2011).…”

Section: Fennia 193: 1 (2015) Tuomas Suutarinenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Russia in particular has been stigmatized as a country where the so-called "resource curse" has had and continues to have a significantly negative impact on its development (e.g. Sachs & Warner 2001;Ahrend 2005;Åslund 2005;Tynkkynen 2007).…”

Section: Fennia 193: 1 (2015) Tuomas Suutarinenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While the usual economic resource curse theories are based on the negative economic consequences of a resource-based economy, such as how resource extraction produces excessive rent, this paper seeks to define the structural and attitudinal consequences of resource-based development for resource communities (e.g. Tynkkynen 2005Tynkkynen , 2007Schmallegger & Carson 2010;Carson & Carson 2011).…”

Section: Fennia 193: 1 (2015) Tuomas Suutarinenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dependency on natural resource extraction is particularly characteristic of regional economies in the Russian North 1 , where the extraction of natural resources has historically shaped the region's economic culture (e.g. Tynkkynen 2007). …”

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Local natural resource curse and sustainable socio-economic development in a Russian mining community of Kovdor

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TUOMAS SUUTARINEN Suutarinen, Tuomas (2015). Local natural resource curse and sustainable socioeconomic development in a Russian mining community of Kovdor. Fennia 193: 1, 99-116. ISSN 1798-5617. Natural resource extraction forms the backbone of the Russian economy and characterizes the majority of regions and communities in the Russian North. The long-term socio-economic sustainability of natural resource extraction in resource abundant countries has been questioned and discussed in various social sciences with the resource curse theory, which, however, is understudied on the local level. This study creates a local resource curse theory that is based on the basic idea that there are negative consequences to sustainable socio-economic development as a result of the resource curse. The paper seeks to explain how the current use of natural resources presents obstacles to the sustainable socioeconomic development of resource communities. The local resource curse theory approaches the unsustainability of local resource-based development using eight elements, which define the structural and attitudinal consequences of resource-based development for resource communities.Using this theoretical framework, this study analyses the socio-economic sustainability of resource-based development in the peripheral mining community of Kovdor, located in the Murmansk region. The case study is based on survey results conducted by the author in Kovdor in 2010. The data is analysed with quantitative methods. This paper presents a new approach for understanding the resource curse on the local level. The paper argues that the local resource curse theory is competent for explaining the unsustainability of resource extraction as the basis of local development. The study demonstrates that structural and attitudinal consequences of resource-based development are important for understanding about the negative consequences of resource-based development for sustainable long-term local socio-economic development.

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Section: Fennia 193: 1 (2015) Tuomas Suutarinenmentioning

confidence: 99%