Network effects in environmental justice struggles : an investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective

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(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Yenilmez, Taylan (Independent scholar (Istanbul))

Data:	2017
Resum:	This paper examines conflicts that occur between mining companies and civil society organizations(CSOs) around the world and offers an innovative analysis of mining conflicts from a social network perspective. The analysis showed that, as the number of CSOs involved in a conflict increased, its outcome was more likely to be perceived as a success in terms of environmental justice (EJ); if a CSO was connected to other central CSOs, the average perception of EJ success was likely to increase; and as network distance between two conflicts increased (or decreased), they were more likely to lead to different (or similar) EJ outcomes. Such network effects in mining conflicts have policy implications for EJ movements. It would be a strategic move on the part of successful CSOs to become involved in other major conflicts and disseminate information about how they achieved greater EJ success.
Ajuts:	European Commission 266642
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	PloS one, Vol. 12, issue 7 (July 2017) , e0180494, ISSN 1932-6203

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