- Identifying the relevant stakeholders involved with a given natural resource and placing their concerns into their cultural and historical context.
- Examining the potential for cooperation and conflict between these stakeholders.
- Presenting data from a neutral perspective. It is important to note that moral bases vary from individual to individual and from society to society. The over-reliance on one's own moral basis compromises objectivity. Resource Politics offers every parties' interpretation of the relevant situation.
- Whenever possible explain the methodology by which data was gathered and statistics were calculated.
- Explaining the short, medium and long-term implications of conflicts over natural resources and deals concerning the exploitation and trade of a countries resource base.
Contributors:
Ethan Belding is a teacher of Sociology and World Regional Geography at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA. His area of expertise is the the Geopolitics of Natural Resources with a focus on Hydropolitics, Green Energy, Food Security, Infrastructure Development, and the Extractive Industries.
