Contradictions of Green Development
Human Rights and Environmental Norms in Light of Belo Monte Dam Activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3377035 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eve Z Bratman, Eve Bratman (0000-0002-0250-446X, American Institute of Biological Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 261-289 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x14000042 |
| OpenAlex | W2041952108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper offers a historical examination of the ways in which advocacy strategies and tactics have shifted in relation to political opportunities, using a case study of a hydroelectric dam project in the Brazilian Amazon, known as the Belo Monte Dam. Drawing on over three decades of resistance by transnational activist coalitions, the paper looks at how new tactics and political alignments have altered the dynamics of activism and norm diffusion in Brazilian domestic environmental, human rights and development policies. The paper argues that current theories of norm diffusion inadequately explain backslides and tend to underestimate the complexity of domestic political alignments. The case adds political insight to our understanding of the relationship of transnational advocacy strategy to environmental and human rights political realities in Brazil
Amazon rainforest · Environmentalism · Human rights · Hydroelectricity · Norm (philosophy) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ecology · Human Rights and Development · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Belo Monte
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Dams, political framing and sustainability as an empty signifier
The Politics of Transnational Advocacy Against Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian Extractive Projects in the Global South
Passive revolution in the green economy
Indigenous Belief Systems, Science, and Resource Extraction
Barriers to equity in Redd
Brokers – A Weapon of the Weak
Indigenous rights and the persistence of industrial capitalism
The new era of contested hydropower development
Dammed and diversionary
The supply chain of violence
Social mobilization against large hydroelectric dams
CPLE et protocoles de consultation autochtones au Brésil
Development blind spots and environmental impact assessment
Tracking presidents and policies
The Ability to Influence
Environmentalism and the Globalization of the Oil Industry in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Norms, Mobilization and Conflict
Greening Brazil
Conservation Alliances with Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon
The Internationalization of Environmental Protection
Mobilizing Science
The Power of Human Rights
It's Capacity, Stupid
After the Boomerang
The Politics of Environmental Licensing
Availability Cascades and Risk Regulation
Governing Water
Transnational Networks and Global Environmental Governance
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
International Human Rights Law and Practice in Latin America
International Norms and Domestic Politics
Turning Weakness Into Strength
The Governance of Hydro-electric Dams in Brazil
The Politics of Mediation
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |