Democratic Citizenship Movements in the Context Of Multilayered Governance

The Case of the Bergama Movement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6094009
AutoresAhmet Öncü (0000-0002-4277-7964, Sabancı Üniversitesi), Gürcan Koçan (0000-0002-9034-7475, Bilkent University)
Año2002
Volumen26
Páginas29-57
Fecha de publicación2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNew Perspectives on Turkey (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0896-6346 • E-ISSN: 1305-3299
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0896634600003708
OpenAlexW2482149166
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas17

This paper explores the democratic capacities, demands, and aspirations of citizenship movements in relation to deliberations within a formal political system whose territorial boundaries have become blurred as a result of global political and economic restructuring. The case of the mobilization of a group of people from 17 villages located in the hills of Bergama in the northern Aegean region of Turkey in opposition to Normandy Mining Corporation, an Australian-based multinational consortium operating a gold mine in the region, provides an empirical context for the discussion. Normandy Mining Corporation uses the controversial cyanide-leaching method to extract gold, a method that allegedly has damaged the environment and has resulted in health problems for local residents. For more than a decade, Bergama villagers have been struggling to drive Normandy out of their region, as they are concerned about their own health and the well-being of the land on which they live and work

Archaeology · Citizenship · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Corporation · Democracy · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gold mining · Management · Multinational corporation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · Law · Mining and Resource Management