Social Movements Contesting Natural Resource Development (Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138064734 ISBN 13: 9781138064737

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Presenting a broad range of case studies, this book explores rural social movements contesting natural resource development initiatives.

Natural resource development takes multiple forms, including infrastructure corridors, mines, dams, resource processing plants and pipelines. Many of which are driven by economic valuations, whilst social and environmental effects are given limited consideration. In this volume the authors discuss the emergence, process and outcomes of social movements with respect to these natural resource development projects, including examples of confrontation seeking to either block developments or promote alternative development approaches, such as agritourism. The examples taken from Africa, Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America demonstrate the diversity of struggles stimulated by natural resource development, including both immediate and longer-term effects, repertoires of action, political and cultural work. Taken together the case studies provide a rich overview of current movements engaged in resisting the neoliberal agenda of global resource exploitation.

This book will be key reading for scholars interested in social movements, natural resource development, environmental policy and development studies. It will also be of interest to activists engaged in mobilizations stimulated by natural resource development projects.

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About the Author

John F. Devlin is Associate Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138064734
• ISBN 13: 9781138064737
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Devlin John F.