Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization: Mining in Peru

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This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these processes are interpreted by different groups, Gustafsson offers a refined understanding of the multiple layers and informal workings of power between transnational corporations and local communities. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Introduction (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 1-35 Peasant Mobilization and the Expansion of Mining in Peru (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 37-72 Demands for Rights and Confrontations in the Rio Blanco Project (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 73-102 Struggles to Open Up New Political Spaces to Control Natural Resources (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 103-134 Demands for Services and Demobilization in the Bambas Project (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 135-162 The Fragmented Struggle for Services (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 163-192 Conclusion (Maria-Therese Gustafsson)....Pages 193-217 Back Matter ....Pages 219-232