Autori
Guedes, Cláudia
Azzolin, Fabio

Titolo
Native people versus big dams. Conflicts for the right on natural resources in Brazil and Peru: a comparison
Periodico
Rassegna italiana di sociologia
Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 279 - Pagina finale: 304

This paper addresses two examples of water conflicts in a unique situation ofthe socio-environmental impact of dams: the Belo Monte dam in Brazil, andthe Cañon del Pato dam in Peru. Surrounded by controversies about the rightof use of natural resources, the dams caused the crisis of the pact for thewater sharing, threatening the ways of living of indigenous communities too.In both conflicts a «war between unequal parts» (Sevá 1995) can be observed,where local communities face disproportionate competition on land use provokedby a (profit-driven) association between governments and big companies– a coalition that in recent years has become more common across all Latin America. The case in Brazil exposes the conflicts concerning the process ofthe dam construction. The case in Peru shows the challenge of a single localcommunity to maintain their quality of life in its own territory. By analyzingthe chronology of the events, the authors created a comparative scheme inwhich it is possible to identify and classify some ground-based variables toinsert in the socio-political frame, allowing to explore the conflict complexity.Complexity that is attempted to unravel through the conceptual lens of politicalopportunities and social organizational structure.



SICI: 0486-0349(2020)2<279:NPVBDC>2.0.ZU;2-T
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