Peter Leys
Biographic Data
| ID | 230519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Leys |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Leys |
| SIGNATURE | LEYS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roskilde University |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-3056-6884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Counter-hegemonic resistance on the extractive frontier in Peru
This article examines how power is permanently contested in the extractive frontier, forcing extractive investments to re-accommodate or to retreat. Using the Chuschi mining conflict as a case study, it argues that the anti-mining mobilization appropriated different rights discourses that span different historical blocs to carve out counter-hegemonic spaces of resistance that reproduce a political subjectivity, which is not subsumed by extractivi…
Valuation and conflicts in the Peruvian extractive frontier
Mining conflicts. • Extractivism. • Valuation. • Peru. • David Graeber. This article contributes to the on-going debate about how to understand extractive conflicts. What drives conflicts in areas of extraction? Do local people mobilize to reject extraction outright, or do they mobilize to secure rents and compensation from extractive projects? Political ecologists and ecological economists argue that different incommensurable languages of valuat…
Negotiating Natural Resource Conflicts
This article explores the dynamics of natural resource conflicts and local government in the Peruvian Andes. Recent publications have found that efficiency and democratic accountability in local government are key variables for mitigating conflict. By focusing on the ethnographies of two conflicts and as participant observers within local government, we argue that by re-framing the analytical focus within local histories and current practices of …
Counter-hegemonic resistance on the extractive frontier in Peru
This article examines how power is permanently contested in the extractive frontier, forcing extractive investments to re-accommodate or to retreat. Using the Chuschi mining conflict as a case study, it argues that the anti-mining mobilization appropriated different rights discourses that span different historical blocs to carve out counter-hegemonic spaces of resistance that reproduce a political subjectivity, which is not subsumed by extractivi…
Negotiating Natural Resource Conflicts
This article explores the dynamics of natural resource conflicts and local government in the Peruvian Andes. Recent publications have found that efficiency and democratic accountability in local government are key variables for mitigating conflict. By focusing on the ethnographies of two conflicts and as participant observers within local government, we argue that by re-framing the analytical focus within local histories and current practices of …
Negotiating Natural Resource Conflicts
This article explores the dynamics of natural resource conflicts and local government in the Peruvian Andes. Recent publications have found that efficiency and democratic accountability in local government are key variables for mitigating conflict. By focusing on the ethnographies of two conflicts and as participant observers within local government, we argue that by re-framing the analytical focus within local histories and current practices of …
Valuation and conflicts in the Peruvian extractive frontier
Mining conflicts. • Extractivism. • Valuation. • Peru. • David Graeber. This article contributes to the on-going debate about how to understand extractive conflicts. What drives conflicts in areas of extraction? Do local people mobilize to reject extraction outright, or do they mobilize to secure rents and compensation from extractive projects? Political ecologists and ecological economists argue that different incommensurable languages of valuat…
Counter-hegemonic resistance on the extractive frontier in Peru
This article examines how power is permanently contested in the extractive frontier, forcing extractive investments to re-accommodate or to retreat. Using the Chuschi mining conflict as a case study, it argues that the anti-mining mobilization appropriated different rights discourses that span different historical blocs to carve out counter-hegemonic spaces of resistance that reproduce a political subjectivity, which is not subsumed by extractivi…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mining and Resource Management (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Frontier (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Business (1 work)