John-Andrew Mcneish
Biographic Data
| ID | 109745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John-Andrew Mcneish |
| GIVEN NAMES | John-Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcneish |
| SIGNATURE | MCNEISH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 157 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Muddy waters: On the problematic political ecology of the Atrato ruling, Colombia
In this article we consider the problematic political ecology of the 2016 legal ruling on the subject rights of the Atrato River in Colombia.Using the innovative idea of bio-cultural rights, the sentence aimed through a series of mandates to address the human rights crisis surrounding the river.Drawing on data and insights from field research and interviews carried out in 2022 and 2023, the article adds significant new data uncovering the complex…
Chapter 3 Contesting Extraction and Sovereignty in Colombia and Guatemala
The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Development
Sami Parliaments were established in 1989 in Norway, in 1994 in Sweden and in 1997 in Finland. Representative Sami institutions are regarded as a condition for Sami self-determination. State formation in the Scandinavian context has been enacted through several historical dynamics. First, nation-building relied on the assimilation or segregation of other cultural groups, through coercive measures aiming at making these groups invisible and powerl…
Comparative Reflections on Community-Oriented Policing (COP) in Post-Conflict Central America
In this article we discuss the comparative impact and significance of Community-Oriented Policing (COP) in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua). We emphasize in particular the formal role of COP as a means to re-establish trust between the state and community, demonstrate professionalism and to evidence the democratic accountability of the police to the population. Although these formal goals remain the goal of community oriente…
Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Development
Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America
Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America
Sovereignty is a significant force regarding the ownership, use, protection and management of natural resources. By placing an emphasis on the complex intertwined relationship between natural resources and diverse claims to resource sovereignty, this book reveals the backstory of contemporary resource contestations in Latin America and their positioning within a more extensive history of extraction in the region. Exploring cases of resource conte…
Community-Based Policing in Nicaragua: Do the Claims of Communitarian, Proactive and Preventative Hold True
Until the wave of political violence in 2018, the Nicaraguan model for community-based policing (COP) was viewed by many as the means by which the country had avoided the crime and insecurity reported elsewhere in Central America. Paralleling these positive claims, the Nicaraguan National Police have emphasized particular characteristics of the COP model as the basis of this success. The Nicaraguan COP model is founded on three ethical pillars i.…
A vote to derail extraction: Popular consultation and resource sovereignty in Tolima, Colombia
In July 2013, a consulta popular (referendum) was organised by municipal authorities in Tolima, Colombia, to judge public opinion on the establishment of activities by an international mining conglomerate ie the Colosa (the Giant) gold mine. In this article study is made of the referendum, and emphasis given to its linkages with wider regional, national and Latin American efforts to anticipate damage and derail projects for resource extraction. R…
Extracting justice? Colombia’s commitment to mining and energy as a foundation for peace
In this article critical consideration is given to the idea that natural resource extraction can pay for peace and justice. The Colombia government claims that the mining and energy sector represents a driver for economic growth and a key source of the financing needed in a post-conflict period following the forthcoming signing of peace accords. Recent research suggests this argument is severely flawed. Legal and socio-economic dynamics indicate …
Latin america transformed?
Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America
Contested Powers argues that the fixes being offered by this model are bluffs; development as witnessed in Latin American energy politics and governance remains hindered by a global division of labour and nature that puts the capacity for technological advancement in private hands. The authors call for a multi-layered understanding of sovereignty, arguing that it holds the key to undermining rigid accounts of the relationship between carbon and d…
From the king’s peace to transition society
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives, Rachel Sieder and John McNeish 1. Gender, Human rights and legal pluralities: experiences from Southern and Eastern Africa, Anne Hellum 2. Indigenous women fight for justice: Gender rights and legal pluralism in Mexico, Maria Teresa Sierra 3. The gender of law: politics, memory and agency in Mozambican community courts, Bjorn Enge Bertelsen 4. Sexual Violence and gende…
Extraction, Protest and Indigeneity in Bolivia: The Tipnis Effect
In September 2011 Bolivian police raided an encampment of several hundred indigenous people gathered to protest the government's plan to build a road through their lands. The violence of this event broadened awareness of the TIPNIS protest in Bolivia and abroad, and sparked both a national political crisis and debate about the validity of the government's credentials as a progressive government that supports indigenous rights. While sustaining th…
The Ugly Poetics of Violence in Post-Accord Guatemala
With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 Guatemala's credentials of democratic governance were re-established, but as media reports and the international community have observed the killing and crimes of the civil war have continued. With thought of the apparent contradictions of continued violence in a time of peace, this article aims to characterise and identify the causes of this violence. The article proposes that whilst carrying some va…
Beyond the Permitted Indian? Bolivia and Guatemala in an Era of Neoliberal Developmentalism1
This paper outlines and discusses the contrasting histories of inclusion and contestation associated with the introduction of neoliberal and multicultural policies in Bolivia and Guatemala. In drawing out and discussing the ambiguities of multiculturalism in these countries, the paper aims to validate and further develop Charles Hale's recent thesis of the indio permitido (permitted Indian). Whereas Hale's thesis refers to a project of neoliberal…
Fighting for Prosperity: Reflections on the Crisis and Politics of Poverty in Bolivia
After five years of protest in which many protesters and police havebeen killed or injured, public building burned, roads blocked, and twonational presidents ousted from power, the national elections in 2005 markwhat many in Bolivia hope is an end to political unrest and a return topeaceful democratic process. It must be realized, however, that these areuneasy hopes that are tempered by conflicting concerns and expectations
Stones on the Road: The Politics of Participation and the Generation of Crisis in Bolivia
This paper demonstrates that recent protests in Bolivia must be linked to the failure of efforts to improve democratic participation in the country. It argues that such failures can be traced to a history of prejudices in national development and society and persistent biases and contradictions within international development policy and institutions. Despite these obstacles, the paper concludes that ideas for appropriate development and realisti…
Indigenous peoples and poverty: An international perspective
This book brings together two of today’s leading concerns in development policy - the urgent need to prioritize poverty reduction and the particular circumstances of indigenous peoples in both developing and industrialized countries. The contributors analyse patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide, the centrality of the right to self-determination, and indigenous people’s own diverse perspectives on development. Several fundamental and diff…
New Perspectives on Protest and Possibility in Bolivia
It is hoped that the national elections of December 2005 will end what has been a long period of tension and violence in Bolivia. The country is in desperate need of democratic renewal after five years of protest in which two national presidents have been ousted because of their failure to listen to public will
Extraction, Protest and Indigeneity in Bolivia: The Tipnis Effect
In September 2011 Bolivian police raided an encampment of several hundred indigenous people gathered to protest the government's plan to build a road through their lands. The violence of this event broadened awareness of the TIPNIS protest in Bolivia and abroad, and sparked both a national political crisis and debate about the validity of the government's credentials as a progressive government that supports indigenous rights. While sustaining th…
A vote to derail extraction: Popular consultation and resource sovereignty in Tolima, Colombia
In July 2013, a consulta popular (referendum) was organised by municipal authorities in Tolima, Colombia, to judge public opinion on the establishment of activities by an international mining conglomerate ie the Colosa (the Giant) gold mine. In this article study is made of the referendum, and emphasis given to its linkages with wider regional, national and Latin American efforts to anticipate damage and derail projects for resource extraction. R…
Beyond the Permitted Indian? Bolivia and Guatemala in an Era of Neoliberal Developmentalism1
This paper outlines and discusses the contrasting histories of inclusion and contestation associated with the introduction of neoliberal and multicultural policies in Bolivia and Guatemala. In drawing out and discussing the ambiguities of multiculturalism in these countries, the paper aims to validate and further develop Charles Hale's recent thesis of the indio permitido (permitted Indian). Whereas Hale's thesis refers to a project of neoliberal…
Extracting justice? Colombia’s commitment to mining and energy as a foundation for peace
In this article critical consideration is given to the idea that natural resource extraction can pay for peace and justice. The Colombia government claims that the mining and energy sector represents a driver for economic growth and a key source of the financing needed in a post-conflict period following the forthcoming signing of peace accords. Recent research suggests this argument is severely flawed. Legal and socio-economic dynamics indicate …
Stones on the Road: The Politics of Participation and the Generation of Crisis in Bolivia
This paper demonstrates that recent protests in Bolivia must be linked to the failure of efforts to improve democratic participation in the country. It argues that such failures can be traced to a history of prejudices in national development and society and persistent biases and contradictions within international development policy and institutions. Despite these obstacles, the paper concludes that ideas for appropriate development and realisti…
Muddy waters: On the problematic political ecology of the Atrato ruling, Colombia
In this article we consider the problematic political ecology of the 2016 legal ruling on the subject rights of the Atrato River in Colombia.Using the innovative idea of bio-cultural rights, the sentence aimed through a series of mandates to address the human rights crisis surrounding the river.Drawing on data and insights from field research and interviews carried out in 2022 and 2023, the article adds significant new data uncovering the complex…
The Ugly Poetics of Violence in Post-Accord Guatemala
With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 Guatemala's credentials of democratic governance were re-established, but as media reports and the international community have observed the killing and crimes of the civil war have continued. With thought of the apparent contradictions of continued violence in a time of peace, this article aims to characterise and identify the causes of this violence. The article proposes that whilst carrying some va…
Indigenous peoples and poverty: An international perspective
This book brings together two of today’s leading concerns in development policy - the urgent need to prioritize poverty reduction and the particular circumstances of indigenous peoples in both developing and industrialized countries. The contributors analyse patterns of indigenous disadvantage worldwide, the centrality of the right to self-determination, and indigenous people’s own diverse perspectives on development. Several fundamental and diff…
New Perspectives on Protest and Possibility in Bolivia
It is hoped that the national elections of December 2005 will end what has been a long period of tension and violence in Bolivia. The country is in desperate need of democratic renewal after five years of protest in which two national presidents have been ousted because of their failure to listen to public will
Fighting for Prosperity: Reflections on the Crisis and Politics of Poverty in Bolivia
After five years of protest in which many protesters and police havebeen killed or injured, public building burned, roads blocked, and twonational presidents ousted from power, the national elections in 2005 markwhat many in Bolivia hope is an end to political unrest and a return topeaceful democratic process. It must be realized, however, that these areuneasy hopes that are tempered by conflicting concerns and expectations
Stones on the Road: The Politics of Participation and the Generation of Crisis in Bolivia
This paper demonstrates that recent protests in Bolivia must be linked to the failure of efforts to improve democratic participation in the country. It argues that such failures can be traced to a history of prejudices in national development and society and persistent biases and contradictions within international development policy and institutions. Despite these obstacles, the paper concludes that ideas for appropriate development and realisti…
Beyond the Permitted Indian? Bolivia and Guatemala in an Era of Neoliberal Developmentalism1
This paper outlines and discusses the contrasting histories of inclusion and contestation associated with the introduction of neoliberal and multicultural policies in Bolivia and Guatemala. In drawing out and discussing the ambiguities of multiculturalism in these countries, the paper aims to validate and further develop Charles Hale's recent thesis of the indio permitido (permitted Indian). Whereas Hale's thesis refers to a project of neoliberal…
The Ugly Poetics of Violence in Post-Accord Guatemala
With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 Guatemala's credentials of democratic governance were re-established, but as media reports and the international community have observed the killing and crimes of the civil war have continued. With thought of the apparent contradictions of continued violence in a time of peace, this article aims to characterise and identify the causes of this violence. The article proposes that whilst carrying some va…
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives
Gender Justice and Legal Pluralities: Latin American and African Perspectives, Rachel Sieder and John McNeish 1. Gender, Human rights and legal pluralities: experiences from Southern and Eastern Africa, Anne Hellum 2. Indigenous women fight for justice: Gender rights and legal pluralism in Mexico, Maria Teresa Sierra 3. The gender of law: politics, memory and agency in Mozambican community courts, Bjorn Enge Bertelsen 4. Sexual Violence and gende…
Extraction, Protest and Indigeneity in Bolivia: The Tipnis Effect
In September 2011 Bolivian police raided an encampment of several hundred indigenous people gathered to protest the government's plan to build a road through their lands. The violence of this event broadened awareness of the TIPNIS protest in Bolivia and abroad, and sparked both a national political crisis and debate about the validity of the government's credentials as a progressive government that supports indigenous rights. While sustaining th…
Latin america transformed?
Contested Powers: The Politics of Energy and Development in Latin America
Contested Powers argues that the fixes being offered by this model are bluffs; development as witnessed in Latin American energy politics and governance remains hindered by a global division of labour and nature that puts the capacity for technological advancement in private hands. The authors call for a multi-layered understanding of sovereignty, arguing that it holds the key to undermining rigid accounts of the relationship between carbon and d…
From the king’s peace to transition society
Extracting justice? Colombia’s commitment to mining and energy as a foundation for peace
In this article critical consideration is given to the idea that natural resource extraction can pay for peace and justice. The Colombia government claims that the mining and energy sector represents a driver for economic growth and a key source of the financing needed in a post-conflict period following the forthcoming signing of peace accords. Recent research suggests this argument is severely flawed. Legal and socio-economic dynamics indicate …
A vote to derail extraction: Popular consultation and resource sovereignty in Tolima, Colombia
In July 2013, a consulta popular (referendum) was organised by municipal authorities in Tolima, Colombia, to judge public opinion on the establishment of activities by an international mining conglomerate ie the Colosa (the Giant) gold mine. In this article study is made of the referendum, and emphasis given to its linkages with wider regional, national and Latin American efforts to anticipate damage and derail projects for resource extraction. R…
Community-Based Policing in Nicaragua: Do the Claims of Communitarian, Proactive and Preventative Hold True
Until the wave of political violence in 2018, the Nicaraguan model for community-based policing (COP) was viewed by many as the means by which the country had avoided the crime and insecurity reported elsewhere in Central America. Paralleling these positive claims, the Nicaraguan National Police have emphasized particular characteristics of the COP model as the basis of this success. The Nicaraguan COP model is founded on three ethical pillars i.…
Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America
Sovereign Forces: Everyday Challenges to Environmental Governance in Latin America
Sovereignty is a significant force regarding the ownership, use, protection and management of natural resources. By placing an emphasis on the complex intertwined relationship between natural resources and diverse claims to resource sovereignty, this book reveals the backstory of contemporary resource contestations in Latin America and their positioning within a more extensive history of extraction in the region. Exploring cases of resource conte…
Chapter 3 Contesting Extraction and Sovereignty in Colombia and Guatemala
The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Development
Sami Parliaments were established in 1989 in Norway, in 1994 in Sweden and in 1997 in Finland. Representative Sami institutions are regarded as a condition for Sami self-determination. State formation in the Scandinavian context has been enacted through several historical dynamics. First, nation-building relied on the assimilation or segregation of other cultural groups, through coercive measures aiming at making these groups invisible and powerl…
Comparative Reflections on Community-Oriented Policing (COP) in Post-Conflict Central America
In this article we discuss the comparative impact and significance of Community-Oriented Policing (COP) in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua). We emphasize in particular the formal role of COP as a means to re-establish trust between the state and community, demonstrate professionalism and to evidence the democratic accountability of the police to the population. Although these formal goals remain the goal of community oriente…
Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Development
Muddy waters: On the problematic political ecology of the Atrato ruling, Colombia
In this article we consider the problematic political ecology of the 2016 legal ruling on the subject rights of the Atrato River in Colombia.Using the innovative idea of bio-cultural rights, the sentence aimed through a series of mandates to address the human rights crisis surrounding the river.Drawing on data and insights from field research and interviews carried out in 2022 and 2023, the article adds significant new data uncovering the complex…
Political science (17 works) · Law (16 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sovereignty (5 works) · Criminology (4 works)