Transformations in Citizenship: Local Resistance against Mining Projects in Huehuetenango (Guatemala)

Journal of Developing Societies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-184

  Rasch, Elisabet Dueholm ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

community consultations; development; Guatemala; indigenous peoples; mining

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CIVIL RIGHTS; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC REFORM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXTRACTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY STRATEGY; POPULAR PROTEST; SELF DETERMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HUEHUETENANGO;

EID: 84863217416     PISSN: 0169796X     EISSN: 17452546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X12448756     Document Type: Article

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