Presentation Notes : Rethinking Extractive Industry: Regulation, Dispossession, and Emerging Claims – York University – March 5-7, 2009 – Susan T. Wildau, Maria Chappuis, David Atkins, Meg Taylor,
ABSTRACT
Power, rights and interests are three social responses that shape relations of affected people and their advocates with governments and corporations. But which response results in more positive development impacts for affected communities? The story of the Mesa reveals important lessons about global/local encounters as it traces the challenges and opportunities key stakeholders faced when they came together to resolve conflicts regarding social and environmental impacts of the mine and improve development outcomes for local people. Continue leyendo →