Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization

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Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization is written by Maria-Therese Gustafsson and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319607561 (ISBN 10) and 9783319607566 (ISBN 13).

This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic collaboration. By presenting a detailed account of micro practices and showing how these processes are interpreted by different groups, Gustafsson offers a refined understanding of the multiple layers and informal workings of power between transnational corporations and local communities.