Environmental licensing and conflict in peru's mining sector: A path-dependent analysis

Maiah Jaskoski

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.010

Environmental licensing and conflict in peru's mining sector: A path-dependent analysis

Maiah Jaskoski

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Abstract

What is the relationship between formal participatory structures and the onset and evolution of popular mobilization? Under what conditions does mobilization bring about policy and even institutional change? This article examines mining conflict-and in particular the project approval stage, when mobilization is most likely to interrupt extraction-in Peru. Utilizing a path-dependent framework, the paper finds that very limited spaces for community participation in the environmental impact assessment process in fact have prompted and transformed popular mobilization in extractive zones, leading to outside scrutiny and the stalling of major projects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	873-883
Number of pages	11
Journal	World Development
Volume	64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.010
State	Published - Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Environmental impact assessement
Latin America
Path dependence
Peru
Prior consultation
Resource conflict

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics

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