The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama

The paper explores different strategic levels of global escalation of conflicts in resistance to mining. The aim is to answer how do local communities make decisions regarding changes in scale at the international level, while considering the institutional options available at the national level. Ba...

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Main Author: Maritza PAREDES
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2019-02-01
Series:América Latina Hoy
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/18179
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description The paper explores different strategic levels of global escalation of conflicts in resistance to mining. The aim is to answer how do local communities make decisions regarding changes in scale at the international level, while considering the institutional options available at the national level. Based on two cases of resistance to gold mining –Tambogrande in Peru and Pascua Lama in Chile–, this study explains how local actors combine different levels of global and national escalation, taking into acount the characteristics of national environmental institutions.
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spelling doaj.art-661a12b2d2b84a6eab24a375a5f82df92022-12-22T00:29:21ZspaEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaAmérica Latina Hoy1130-28872340-43962019-02-01800739410.14201/alh201880739416882The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua LamaMaritza PAREDES0Universidad Católica del PerúThe paper explores different strategic levels of global escalation of conflicts in resistance to mining. The aim is to answer how do local communities make decisions regarding changes in scale at the international level, while considering the institutional options available at the national level. Based on two cases of resistance to gold mining –Tambogrande in Peru and Pascua Lama in Chile–, this study explains how local actors combine different levels of global and national escalation, taking into acount the characteristics of national environmental institutions.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/18179transnacionalización de la protestaoposición a la mineríatambograndepascua lama
spellingShingle Maritza PAREDES
The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
América Latina Hoy
transnacionalización de la protesta
oposición a la minería
tambogrande
pascua lama
title The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
title_full The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
title_fullStr The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
title_full_unstemmed The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
title_short The transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in Tambogrande and Pascua Lama
title_sort transnationalization of resistance to mega mining in tambogrande and pascua lama
topic transnacionalización de la protesta
oposición a la minería
tambogrande
pascua lama
url https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/18179
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