New Mechanisms of Participation in Extractive Governance - Between technologies of governance and resistance work (Hardcover)

The scholarly debate on deliberative democracy often suggests that participatory processes will contribute to make environmental governance not only more legitimate and effective, but also lead to the empowerment of marginalized social groups. Critical studies, however, analyse how technologies of governance make use of participation to draw boundaries that separate technical knowledge from political concerns, direct the focus towards procedural aspects and contractual obligations, and reinforce hegemonic understandings of development and of local people's relationships to their environment. This book focuses on the dynamics and use of participatory mechanisms related to the rapid expansion of the extractive industries worldwide and the ways it increasingly affects sensitive natural environments populated by indigenous and other marginalized populations. Nine empirically grounded case studies analyse a range of participatory practices ranging from state-led and corporation-led processes like prior consultation and Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), compensation practices, participatory planning exercises and the participation in environmental impact assessments (EIAs), to community-led consultations, community-based FPIC and EIA processes and struggles for community-based governance of natural resource uses. The book provides new insights through a combination of different theoretical strands, which help to scrutinize the limits to deliberation and empowerment on the one hand, and on the other hand to understand the political resistance potential that alternative uses of participatory mechanisms can generate. The chapters originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	ThirdWorlds
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Esben Leifsen • Maria-Therese Gustafsson • Maria Antonieta Guzman-Gallegos • Almut Schilling-Vacaflor
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	178
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-6047-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-8153-6047-9
Barcode:	9780815360476

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