Environmentalism and Social Protest
The Contemporary Anti-mining Mobilization in the Province of San Marcos and the Condebamba Valley, Peru
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2272765 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lewis Taylor (0000-0002-3428-895X, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 420-439 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00313.x |
| OpenAlex | W1912880903 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 12 |
During recent years, a rapid expansion in large-scale mining activity has generated a host of protests in Peru, as rural populations have attempted to defend their livelihood and environment. This article examines the genesis and trajectory of one such mobilization that emerged in the province of San Marcos and neighbouring Condebamba Valley, located in the northern Andean department of Cajamarca. The social movement's internal organization, strategy, tactics and repertoires of struggle are analyzed. Practices inherited from the rondas campesinas (nightwatch patrols) are seen to have exercised an important influence in shaping its modus operandi, which contrasts in key respects with the behaviour of other anti-mining protests in Peru, such as Majaz. The article concludes with an assessment of how shifting power relations within the state might influence the chances of successful collective action in the countryside
Agriculture · Archaeology · Collective action · Environmentalism · Ethnology · Geography · Livelihood · Mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social mobilization · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Water Governance and Infrastructure
Studying the complexity of change
Introduction
Mining and Defensive Mobilization
Penal extractivism
Company–Community Conflicts Over Diamond Resources in Kono District, Sierra Leone
The Local Impact of Mining on Poverty and Inequality
Persistent Courage of the Local Women Resistance Toward Undemocratic Policies
Refining the preconditions of a social licence to operate (SLO)
Natural resources and corruption in post-war transitions
Unearthing Women's Anti‐Mining Activism in the Andes
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Agrarian Inequality and Civil War Revisited
Transnational Ties and Reciprocal Tenacity
The Anthropology of Mining
In Defense of Water
Violence and War in Agrarian Perspective
Institutional challenges for mining and sustainability in Peru
The New Extraction
Nightwatch
Livelihoods in transition
Peasant Movements in Latin America
Mining Mountains
Contention and Ambiguity
Reflections on Latin American Rural Studies in the Neoliberal Globalization Period
Peasant Vigilante Committees in Northern Peru
Documenting Accountability
Transnational Agrarian Movements
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |