Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization - Mining in Peru

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area's population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these processes are interpreted by different groups, Gustafsson offers a refined understanding of the multiple layers and informal workings of power between transnational corporations and local communities.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Peasant Mobilization and the Expansion of Mining in Peru.- Chapter 3: Demands for Rights and Confrontations in the Rio Blanco-Project.- Chapter 4: Struggles to Open up new Political Spaces to Control Natural Resources.- Chapter 5: Demands for Services and Demobilization in the Bambas-Project.- Chapter 6: The Fragmented Struggle for Services.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

About the author

Maria-Therese Gustafsson is Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research foci include natural resource governance and political participation. 

Summary

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these processes are interpreted by different groups, Gustafsson offers a refined understanding of the multiple layers and informal workings of power between transnational corporations and local communities.

Product details

• Authors: Maria-Therese Gustafsson
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9783319607559
• ISBN: 978-3-31-960755-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 218 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 415 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 232 p. 3 illus. in color.
• Series: Development, Justice and Citizenship; Development, Justice and Citizenship
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Ethics, Economics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Agriculture, Political Science and International Studies, Economic development, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Agricultural science, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Development Studies, Agricultural Ethics, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Economy-wide Country Studies, Agribusiness & primary industries, Agricultural Economics, Latin American and Caribbean Economics, Latin America—Economic conditions