Contentious agency and natural resource politics / Markus Kröger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kröger, Markus.

Series:

Rethinking globalizations ; 47.

Rethinking globalizations ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonrenewable natural resources--Political aspects.

Nonrenewable natural resources.

Land use--Political aspects.

Land use.

Political participation.

Social action.

Physical Description:

xiv, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

The looming depletion of nonrenewable resources has increased the global land grab in the past decade. So far, however, the question of how and when people can influence economic outcomes has received little attention in the study of social movements. Based on in-depth ethnographic field research since 2003 in the industrial forestry expansion frontiers in Brazil and elsewhere in the global South, this book presents a novel theory to explain how the interaction" between resistance, companies and the state determines investment outcomes. The promotion of contentious agency by organizing and politicizing, campaigning,-protesting, networking and engaging in state and corporate-remediated politics whilst maintaining autonomy is central to explaining how impacted people influence resource flows, and block or slow projects they deem harmful to their livelihoods and the environment. The conflicts between globalizing paper and pulp corporations and the landless peasants, indigenous communities and other parties with alternative projects for the planet's future are studied to illustrate how a great transformation can be built upon, progressive counter-movements. This systematic comparison of several cases illustrates the broader principles and problems endemic to the global political economy. Contentious Agency and Natural Resource Politics will be of strong interest to students and scholars of international relations, international political economy, environmental studies, environmental politics, sociology and social movement studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Mobilizing against global land grabbing

Theory of contentious agency in natural resource politics

The expansion of industrial tree plantations and dispossession

Contentious agency, the brazilian landless movement, and pulp conflicts

Political games determining resource exploitation pace and style

Key characters in global land grab, illustrated by industrial forestry

Conclusion: the role of resistance in the future of land grabbing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415659673

0415659671

OCLC:

828625608