Oil injustice : resisting and conceding a pipeline in Ecuador / Patricia Widener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widener, Patricia, 1966-

Series:

Another world is necessary

Another world is necessary: human rights, environmental justice, and popular democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum pipelines--Ecuador--Case studies.

Petroleum pipelines.

Environmental policy--Ecuador--Citizen participation--Case studies.

Environmental policy.

Political participation.

Ecuador.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]

Summary:

Oil Injustice examines the mobilization efforts of communities and environmental organizations in response to the construction of a cross-country oil pipeline in Ecuador. Local mobilization efforts gave rise to the establishment of two transnational campaigns, one of opposition and one of negotiation, which emphasized calls for greater conservation while diluting local demands for environmental justice and community participation in national and global decisions. These Ecuadorian cases suggest that the majority of community activists and NGOs alongside their transnational advocates were forced to seek local change rather than attempt to defeat a global, unequal and disabling system.

Contents:

Oil disasters and conflicts

Lago Agrio : community-driven oil justice

Quito's NGOs : realizing an environmental fund

Mindo : oil and tourism may mix

Esmeraldas : finding dignity

Transnational responses : evidence for a southern-led global democracy

Post-OCP : governing and contesting Correa and China in the Amazon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442208612

1442208619

9781442208636

1442208635

OCLC:

707966835