Policing Economic Growth: Mining, Protest, and State Discourse in Peru and Argentina

Taylor, Ariel; Bonner, Michelle D.

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“…Women's rejection of mining corporations is caused by the decline of natural resources, environmental damage, and land grabbing that push the local communities moved out. (Taylor & Bonner, 2017) confirms that state regulations on undemocratic mining trigger clash with local communities. Case studies in the mining areas of Conga Peru and Alumbrera Argentina show that there are similarities in the outlook of the state discourse.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Supporting Triscriti's study, (Taylor & Bonner, 2017) study in Cajamarca, Peru and Catamarca, Argentina show that a state response to public protests against gold mining is a form of repression and violence. A policy review is not a policy that prioritizes dialogue; the state instead made a policy that confirmed the expansion of the gold corporation and silenced democracy.…”

Section: • Social-political Tension: State Policy and Women's Interestmentioning

confidence: 81%

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Persistent Courage of the Local Women Resistance Toward Undemocratic Policies

Hendrastiti

Irianto

2020

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This paper focuses on studying local women groups' resistance movement toward the policies regarding a permit for mining activities in their villages. Although locals have vehemently opposed this business, the official licenses to continue the activities are remain being issued by state authority and supported by the local government. This could be seen as a red flag from the policy that has been abandoned by local communities' interests. For the past decade, then being involved in social movements against undemocratic policies has sign significantly creased. There is no benefit for them from these policies, and local women also could see that their interests and knowledge have been ignored. The method used in this study is feminist ethnography, focusing on two villages as a location of mining activities. The first is Penago Baru in Seluma, Bengkulu, which has been exploited for their iron sand, then Praikaroku Jangga in Central Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, as the location for gold mining. The study uses field-talks, in-depth interviews, live-in, thematic group discussions, and field-notes. The participants lived in a social movement or acted as indigenous leaders, NGO activists, and demics. The study shows the distinctive character of these local women communities, in which they tend to have a subaltern identity. As a subaltern community, they have never been considered to exist, as their interests are not included in the policy agenda-setting. Their resistance is actually a reflection of the state's ignorance of the locals' rights. The study also notes that local women communities in both locations are actually reliable agents of local environment knowledge, with their intimate experiences with surrounding nature. Their courage to resist these policies is more of an effort to protect the natural resources and the people, as well as the ecosystem.

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Persistent Courage of the Local Women Resistance Toward Undemocratic Policies

Hendrastiti

Irianto

2020

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“…In fact, scholars show that, over time, state discourse can pave the way for violations—especially when it comes to contested subjects where the state can get away with turning a blind eye. This is the case for both police (Bonner, 2009; Taylor and Bonner, 2017) and racial violence (Newman et al, 2019; Flores, 2018; Chyzh et al, 2019; Dugan and Chenoweth, 2020). I argue that state discourse can also increase the probability of non-state violence against journalists.…”

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Anti-Media Discourse and Violence Against Journalists: Evidence From Chávez’s Venezuela

Mazzaro

2021

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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Can political leaders’ anti-media rhetoric increase journalists’ vulnerability to non-state violence? Despite the abundance of anecdotal evidence, research on whether and how politicians’ verbal attacks against the “lying press” and “fake news” lead to non-state violence against journalists is limited. This study makes the case that features of the political landscape where anti-media proponents emerge explain why discourse increases journalists’ vulnerability to attacks. Because anti-media discourse is common in contexts where mechanisms of accountability for non-state violence against the press are already weak and electoral competition is fierce, what politicians say can be particularly consequential. Discourse legitimizes non-state attacks, signals to transgressors that violence will not be prosecuted, and paves the way for electorally motivated violence. I capitalize on case narratives collected by local human rights monitoring organizations and media transcripts to build an original dataset of anti-media messages and non-state attacks against journalists in Venezuela (2002–2013). Using survival and instrumental variable models, I show that politicians’ messages are positively correlated with non-state physical attacks against journalists, that the estimated effect of discourse on violence is largest in highly competitive electoral districts, and that electoral campaigns amplify the degree to which messages increase the incidence of attacks by party loyalists. I also show that the longer politicians sustain anti-media discourse, the more likely it is to increase journalists’ vulnerability to attacks.

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“…The benefits of mining such as foreign direct investment, high export revenues, employment opportunities and infrastructural developments have contributed to an expanding minerals sector in many developed and developing countries (Horsley et al , 2015; Taylor and Bonner, 2017). Mining refers to the extraction, beneficiation through ore enrichment, and processing of solid minerals from the earth’s crust through open-pit, quarrying or underground excavation (Holmberg et al , 2017).…”

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Barriers to environmental sustainability practices of multinational mining companies in Ghana: an institutional complexity perspective

Amoah

Eweje

2021

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the barriers to the environmental sustainability practices of large-scale mining companies throughout a mine lifecycle, analysed in the context of the plural and competing logics and tensions in the broader institutional environment. Design/methodology/approach The paper used a qualitative methodology based on multiple cases involving multinational mining companies, regulators and other major stakeholder groups, as it offers an opportunity for analytical generalisations where the empirical results are compared to previously established theories. Findings The empirical results indicate that the environmental sustainability barriers are embedded within gaps in Ghana’s natural resources governance framework. The gaps arise out of contradictory interests and values, which hinder the direction and practices of large-scale mining companies. Research limitations/implications The findings may only apply to the context of this study and is inadequate as the basis for assessing the effectiveness or otherwise of specific initiatives of large-scale mining firms in Ghana. Practical implications This paper has implications on how large-scale mining companies and their stakeholders define their values and goals, and engage in a dynamic process to accommodate the multiple and competing logics by implementing effective structures at the organisational and institutional levels. Originality/value This paper contributes to the sustainability and institutional complexity perspective by showing that plural logics are often contradictory, but may also be complementary in situations of complicit commonality, hindering sustainable outcomes. The authors argue that this is one of the few studies that have examined the barriers to environmental sustainability explicated in the context of institutional complexity.

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Policing Economic Growth: Mining, Protest, and State Discourse in Peru and Argentina

Cited by 13 publications

References 21 publications

Persistent Courage of the Local Women Resistance Toward Undemocratic Policies

Persistent Courage of the Local Women Resistance Toward Undemocratic Policies

Anti-Media Discourse and Violence Against Journalists: Evidence From Chávez’s Venezuela

Barriers to environmental sustainability practices of multinational mining companies in Ghana: an institutional complexity perspective

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