Social Environmental Conflicts, Extractivism and Human Rights in - Latin Americ

Informationen zum Autor Malayna Raftopoulos is an assistant professor in Latin American studies at Aalborg University, Denmark. She is also the co-editor of Provincialising nature: Multidisciplinary approaches to the politics of nature in Latin America (ILAS, University of London Press). Zusammenfassung Examining the link between human rights abuses and extractivism, this book analyses some of the crucial challenges, contradictions and promises within current environmental and developmental practices in Latin America. The chapters origianally published as a special issue in The International Journal of Human Rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contemporary debates on social-environmental conflicts, extractivism and human rights in Latin America Malayna Raftopoulos 2. ‘ …Beggars sitting on a sack of gold’: Oil exploration in the Ecuadorian Amazon as buen vivir and sustainable development Joanna Morley 3. State-led extractivism and the frustration of indigenous self-determined development: lessons from Bolivia Radoslaw Poweska 4. Ethnic rights and the dilemma of extractive development in plurinational Bolivia Rickard Lalander 5. The international human rights discourse as a strategic focus in socio-environmental conflicts: the case of hydro-electric dams in Brazil Marieke Riethof 6. Extracting justice? Colombia’s commitment to mining and energy as a foundation for peace John-Andrew McNeish

Product details

• Authors: Malayna Raftopoulos
• Assisted by: Malayna Raftopoulos (Editor), Raftopoulos Malayna (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2018
• EAN: 9780815353720
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-5372-0
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, The environment, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Human rights, civil rights, Environment law, Hispanic & Latino Studies