Engaging the Brazilian state: the Belo Monte dam and the struggle for political voice

Klein, Peter Taylor

doi:10.1080/03066150.2014.991719

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“…Around the turn of the millennium, the plan was put back on the agenda (Fearnside, , p. 19). The governments of the progressive Workers' Party under presidents Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff pushed the project forward in spite of local and transnational activism, whereas the movement against the dam was weakened due to friction (Klein, , p. 1145). As a consequence, a justicialization of the opposition took place (Moraes Corrêa & Verás de Oliveira, , p. 31).…”

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Social mobilization against large hydroelectric dams: A comparison of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Panama

Schapper

Unrau

Killoh

2019

Sustainable Development

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Large‐scale hydroelectric dams have—throughout their history—had adverse impacts on local population groups, natural resources, and entire eco‐systems furthering resistance and protest against them. In this paper, we aim to investigate the impact of social mobilization against large‐scale dams by considering political opportunity structures, actor constellations, and frames. We comparatively analyze three case studies in varying political systems, that is, Gibe III in Ethiopia, Belo Monte in Brazil, and Barro Blanco in Panama. Our investigation is based on field research in these countries comprising data collection of governmental reports, newspaper articles, materials published by civil society organizations, and semi‐structured interviews. The analysis reveals that the impact of mobilization against dams is certainly limited in contexts with authoritarian governments. In democratic contexts, the impact depends on the degree of external involvement, as well as the ability of movements to avoid fracture, especially in view of temporal dimensions of large infrastructure projects.

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Section: Case Studiesmentioning

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Social mobilization against large hydroelectric dams: A comparison of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Panama

Schapper

Unrau

Killoh

2019

Sustainable Development

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“…Comprised of communities directly affected by these projects 2 , MAB leads the fight against the removal of families from their homes and opposes the privatization of water, rivers, and natural resources-resources upon which the communities depend for their livelihood. The movement seeks to not just resist current energy policy, but to articulate alternatives (Hess, 2018;Klein, 2015; see Appendix A, Image 1).…”

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Resistance and Knowledge Production: Social Movements as Producers of Theory and Praxis

Schroering

2019

Rev.CS

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Con base en el trabajo de campo con el Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB), la autora argumenta que la lucha del MAB no se trata solo de los afectados por los proyectos de represas, sino que forma parte de un proyecto más amplio de “alterglobalización”. Laautora postula que el MAB no es simplemente un actor del movimiento social, sino un productor de conocimiento que articula la teoría y la praxis de resistir al sistema imperialista hegemónico más grande. En este documento, se exploran las siguientes preguntas: ¿qué puede aprender la academia de los movimientos sociales? ¿Cómo pueden hacer los académicos investigaciones que no refuercen las jerarquías de poder? ¿Cómo creamos investigación colaborativa?

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“…However, the mobilizations have also come together to form a broader anti-dam movement that is networked via national and international organizations such as the Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB, or Movement of People Affected by Dams). MAB works with communities that are attempting to stop proposed dams, and it also works to obtain justice and compensation where dams are being built or have already been constructed (Klein 2015). Increasingly, it has moved beyond anti-dam opposition to develop recognition for broader rights to water and energy (Schroering 2018a).…”

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The anti-dam movement in Brazil: expertise and design conflicts in an industrial transition movement

Hess

2018

Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society

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Research on the anti-dam movement in Brazil provides an opportunity to explore social theory at the intersections of social movement studies (SMS) and science and technology studies (STS) and to develop a Latin American perspective on the relationship. The review essay begins with an analysis from an SMS perspective of structural conditions, such as the opportunity structure, and of the strategies of framing and coalition building. Then the review examines STS perspectives on social movements including scientization and the circulation of knowledge in the public sphere. Likewise, beginning with an STS perspective based on the literature on the politics of design, the study examines SMS perspectives that draw attention to broader design conflicts involving choices for the national energy system, its relationship to different economic sectors, and the democratic governance of energy decision-making and remediation. The study of social movements, science, and technology in Latin America can also lead to perspectives that may be less well recognized in work that focuses mainly on wealthy industrialized countries, such as attention to the lack of autonomy of social fields and the ways in which the state's developmentalist aspirations become linked to social injustice.

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Engaging the Brazilian state: the Belo Monte dam and the struggle for political voice

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Social mobilization against large hydroelectric dams: A comparison of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Panama

Social mobilization against large hydroelectric dams: A comparison of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Panama

Resistance and Knowledge Production: Social Movements as Producers of Theory and Praxis

The anti-dam movement in Brazil: expertise and design conflicts in an industrial transition movement

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