Case Study Part II: Grievance Dimensions of Lithium Governance

Abstract

The present study seeks to understand how different governance dimensions of the lithium project interact with grievance formation and interpretation. Resource projects, in a great majority, create grievances for local actors. Recurring concerns include livelihood grievances which are concerned with the impacts of extraction on traditional ways of life and the environment, economic grievances which evolve around questions of material benefits such as the monetary participation in a project or employment, while political grievances emerge from the political structures of participation and transparency in which an initiative is developed.