The right to resist
Disciplining civil society at Rio+20
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2157142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Corson (0009-0008-9023-2855), Bridget Brady, Ahdi Zuber, Julianna Lord, Angela Kim (0000-0002-9475-0798) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 859-878 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Peasant Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-6150 • E-ISSN: 1743-9361 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03066150.2014.992884 |
| OpenAlex | W2092247425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 56 |
Drawing on a collaborative ethnographic study of the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and its preparatory meetings, we examine how the official UN 'participatory' process for engaging civil society in Rio+20 negotiations simultaneously enabled and disciplined contestation through processes such as seeking consensus around a common statement, professionalizing civil society representatives and controlling protests in order to protect broad access to negotiations. We document how, in doing so, the official participatory process undermined the right to voice diverse positions. We also find that Southern access to negotiations was limited by lack of funding, human resources, location and language. Finally, we illustrate how a group of non-governmental organizations based primarily in the Global South utilized the official UN Major Groups 'participatory process' to build alliances to protect resource rights language in the negotiating text. Ultimately, we argue that, through t
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Environmental governance in motion
The Dark Side of Transformation
Making Influence Visible
Studying Global Environmental Meetings to Understand Global Environmental Governance
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Doing Strong Collaborative Fieldwork in Human Geography
Facing criticism
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NGOs and the global environmental facility
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| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,42 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 29 |