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Peasant Mobilization and the Expansion of Mining in Peru

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Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization

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This chapter situates contemporary corporate-community relations in the broader context of a shift from a state-led to a market-oriented development model. The first section is devoted to a historical background of state-society relations in Peru and other Andean countries, with a particular focus on the uneven and scattered presence of the state and the evolution of rural mobilization. The second section presents an overview of the regulation of extractive industries in Peru as well as in other countries heavily dependent on mining. Overall, this chapter shows that, in areas where state institutions are weak, private power dynamics dominate and could play an important role in shaping mobilization processes and scope for influence.

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Gustafsson, MT. (2018). Peasant Mobilization and the Expansion of Mining in Peru. In: Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization. Development, Justice and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60756-6_2

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