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Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth - The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth - The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Latin American Political Economy
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This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities
that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of
systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most
polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute.
Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to
preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of
toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human
rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical,
political, and economic factors, increases people's vulnerabilities
and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents'
trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows
the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country's national
paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource
extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the
entire country at the expense of some groups.
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