Contention and Ambiguity: Mining and the Possibilities of Development

The last decade and a half has witnessed a dramatic growth in mining activity in many developing countries. This article reviews these recent trends and describes the debates and conflicts they have triggered. The authors review evidence regarding debates on the resource curse and the possibility of an extraction-led pathway to development. They then describe the different types of resistance and social mobilization that have greeted mineral expansion at a range of geographical scales, and consider how far these protests have changed the relationships between mining and political economic change. The conclusions address how far such protests might contribute to an \u27escape\u27 from the resource curse, and consider implications for research and policy agendas. © 2008 Institute of Social Studies. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bebbington, Anthony, et al. Contention and ambiguity: Mining and the possibilities of development. Development and change 39.6 (2008): 887-914, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00517.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited

Transformations dans l'espace communal du Bosque seco péruvien : terre, pouvoir et appropriation territoriale dans le contexte des réformes néolibérales au Pérou

Durant ces dernières décennies, différents pays dans le monde vivent les effets de l'expansion des grands investissements –comme l'industrie extractive et l’agro-business– sur l'espace rural, ainsi que la privatisation qui en résulte; le Pérou ne fait pas exception. Au Pérou, une partie considérable des projets d'extraction sont basés sur les territoires des communautés paysannes et indigènes –sur lesquels elles ont des droits ancestraux–. L'objectif de cette recherche est d'analyser comment se redéfinit et se transforme ce que je propose d'appeler "l’espace communal de la forêt sèche", notamment chez deux communautés paysannes de la côte nord péruvienne, dans la région de Piura. Je vais me concentrer sur la relation entre ce processus et les réformes néolibérales de l'État péruvien mises en œuvre depuis les années 1990. Sur la base de cet objectif, la thèse portera sur les thèmes suivants: la relation entre les dynamiques territoriales communales et l'expansion des investissements sur la forêt sèche; les changements dans les logiques d'appropriation de l'espace communal; la redéfinition des logiques politiques et des discours à propos du collectif, ainsi que de la relation entre les familles comuneras et la communauté. Ma recherche est basée sur une longue ethnographie réalisée dans la région, sur plusieurs années réparties sur différentes périodes (2008-2018).In recent decades, different countries around the world have experienced the effects of the expansion of large investments -such as the extractive industry and agribusiness- on rural areas, as well as the resulting privatization of common assets set in these lands; Peru is no exception. In Peru, a considerable part of the extractive projects is based on the territories of peasant and indigenous communities -who have ancestral rights over their territories-. The objective of our research is to analyze how what we propose to call « the communal space of the dry forest » is being redefined and transformed; especially, in two peasant communities of the Peruvian north coast, in the region of Piura. We will focus on the relationship between this process and the neoliberal reforms of the Peruvian state implemented since the 1990s. Based on this objective, our research will address the following themes: the relationship between communal territorial dynamics and the expansion of dry forest investments; changes in the logics of appropriation of the communal space; the redefinition of political logics and discourses about the collective; as well as the relationship between comuneras families and the community. Our study is based on a long ethnography realized in the region, over several years spread over different periods (2008-2018)

Contention and Ambiguity: Mining and the Possibilities of Development

The last decade and a half has witnessed a dramatic growth in mining activity in many developing countries. This paper reviews these recent trends and describes the debates and conflicts they have triggered. We review evidence regarding debates on the resource curse and the possibility of an extraction-led pathway to development. We then describe the different types of resistance and social mobilisation that have greeted mineral expansion at a range of geographical scales, and consider how far these protests have changed the relationships between mining and political economic change. The conclusions address how far such protest might contribute to an ’escape‘ from the resource curse, and consider implications for research and policy agendas.