Environmentalism and Social Protest: The Contemporary Anti-mining Mobilization in the Province of San Marcos and the Condebamba Valley, Peru

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-439

  Taylor, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti mining protest; Decentralization; Peru; Rondas campesinas; Social movements

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECENTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MINING; POPULAR PROTEST; POWER RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

CAJAMARCA; CONDEBAMBA VALLEY; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PERU; SAN MARCOS;

EID: 79959477246     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2011.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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