The democracy deficit of corporate social responsibility in post-neoliberal times: an analysis of the Argentinian and Ecuadorian experiences

Cisneros, Paúl; Christel, Lucas Gabriel

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.032

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“…In our work, the company and governments mostly decide without consulting the communities. This can lead to conflicts with communities (Cisneros and Christel, 2014).…”

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Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Mining Industry in Peru: Community Involvement in Decision-Making and Their Causal Conditions

García‐Ortega

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González

2020

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las inversiones en responsabilidad social corporativa (RSE) de las empresas mineras en Perú y sus condiciones causales a través de las percepciones de los interesados. Con este fin, se entrevistó a miembros de la comunidad, ONGs y consultores. La atención se centró en varias condiciones causales en las que los interesados: a) explican las necesidades de la comunidad, b) reconocen las inversiones realizadas por las empresas, c) creen que los beneficios de la minería no son lo que esperaban, d) declaran los costos generados por estas actividades y e) señalan que el diálogo es la solución. Los datos recopilados se procesaron mediante un análisis de contenido, seguido de un Análisis Cualitativo Comparativo (QCA). Las condiciones que aparecieron en las soluciones del QCA fueron diferentes dependiendo de si la comunidad participaba o no en la toma de decisiones, prevaleciendo la segunda situación. Los resultados ofrecen una mayor comprensión a todas las partes y pueden ayudar a las empresas a mejorar su desempeño.

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“…In our work, the company and governments mostly decide without consulting the communities. This can lead to conflicts with communities (Cisneros and Christel, 2014).…”

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“…Idemudia (2009) found that some mining companies focus on pleasing community elites, thus relegating the needs of the community. Among these elites, Cisneros & Christel (2014) include governments and some NGOs closer to companies. This situation has generated important local conflicts in Latin American countries.…”

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Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Mining Industry in Peru: Community Involvement in Decision-Making and Their Causal Conditions

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de‐Miguel‐Molina

González

2020

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“…Acknowledging the difficulties that the concept of post‐neoliberalism poses when evaluating it in relation to neoliberalism—as the concept might simultaneously evocate a form of anti‐neoliberalism, the end of neoliberalism, or just a new version of classic neoliberalism—Macdonald and Ruckert (2009) suggest using post‐neoliberalism as a conceptual tool ‘to capture the discontinuity within the continuity of policies that are currently implemented by a wide range of governments in the Americas' (Macdonald & Ruckert, 2009, p. 7). On the continuity side, different authors argue that at a macro‐level, most countries in Latin America continued to adhere to ‘classic' neoliberal prescriptions, such as trade liberalization, moderate inflation, balanced budget (Ruckert et al., 2017), and significantly, most of them rely heavily on natural recourse extraction and primary commodity exports (Cisneros & Christel, 2014). On the discontinuity side, authors highlight trends such as: a change of perception about the inevitability of neoliberal fundamentalist policies (Roberts, 2009; Silva, 2009), partial reversion of privatizations, efforts at restoring the regulatory role of the state (Heidrich & Tussie, 2009), increasing social spending, and innovative anti‐poverty policies (Grugel & Riggirozzi, 2018), among others.…”

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The politics of neoliberalism in Latin America: dynamics of resilience and contestation

Rodríguez

2021

Sociology Compass

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Over the last two decades, academic debates around neoliberalism in Latin America have shifted from evaluations of the drawbacks and virtues of the application of neoliberal policies for achieving socioeconomic development, towards discussions imagining and implementing alternatives. After thirty years of neoliberal reform, even neoliberal advocates have increasingly recognised the pernicious effects that the process of neoliberalization have had on people's lives. The fleeting left and centre-left moment brought renewed hopes and expectations of a post-neoliberal future. However, post-neoliberal states could not solve the contradictions of neoliberalism and told us much about its resilience and adaptability. This article offers an overview of the dynamics of neoliberalism's resilience and contestation in Latin America as treated by extant literature as a way to account for the politics of neoliberalism in the region, its rise and its current status. K E Y W O R D S contestation, neoliberal resilience, neoliberalism in Latin America, politics of neoliberalism 1 | INTRODUCTION The previous two decades have seen in a discernible shift in academic debates around neoliberalism in Latin America, from evaluation of the relative drawbacks and virtues an unassailable neoliberal development model (Huber & Solt, 2004; Weyland, 2004) to a more critical discussion imagining alternatives and envisioning ways to This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…The Legislative Commission, controlled by Correa's faction, passed a new sectoral law in early 2009 (Ley de Minería) under heavy criticism from anti‐mining activists. This law responds to the logic promoted by the government, but mining companies did not fully endorse it for its nationalistic character (Cisneros & Christel, 2014). The law creates a State‐owned company and a specialized agency that oversees mining operations.…”

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A Comparative Study of the Introduction of Restrictions to Large‐Scale Mining in Four Latin American Countries

Cisneros

2020

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Institutions are important to enhance the contribution of mining industries not only to economic growth, but also to environmental justice and equality. In this paper, we study the processes by which four Latin American countries modified their existing institutions to manage the effects or large-scale mining in their territories. We focus on the political struggles to introduce legislation to restrict the geographical expansion of large-scale mining in their territories. To this end, we integrate a leading theory of the policy process with theoretical insights from studies of environmental governance and political settlements. Our findings show that processes of policy change followed distinct paths with common elements. The elements that link the initial conditions with change are policy learning, challenges to dominant policy images, conflict expansion, and the involvement of veto players. We also observe that the outputs of the reforms diverge significantly. Three contextual variables contributed to the variability of the outputs of these reforms; the degree of cohesion of elites, the degree of development of environmental institutions, and the relative dependency on mineral revenues. During the processes of policy making, these institutions offered different opportunities and constraints for policy challengers to advance their agenda and for dominant actors to maintain the status quo. The new policy designs offer opportunities for countries to deal with the effects of mining on sensitive ecosystems but political instability threatens the long-term institutionalization of these reforms.

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The democracy deficit of corporate social responsibility in post-neoliberal times: an analysis of the Argentinian and Ecuadorian experiences

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Mining Industry in Peru: Community Involvement in Decision-Making and Their Causal Conditions

Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Mining Industry in Peru: Community Involvement in Decision-Making and Their Causal Conditions

The politics of neoliberalism in Latin America: dynamics of resilience and contestation

A Comparative Study of the Introduction of Restrictions to Large‐Scale Mining in Four Latin American Countries

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