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Network effects in environmental justice struggles : an investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 7, p e0180494 (2017), PLOS ONE, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2017, 12 (7), pp.e0180494. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0180494⟩, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Recercat: Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552 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.
- Subjects :
- Economics
Social Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
Social Policy
Network effects
010501 environmental sciences
Public administration
01 natural sciences
Cultural Anthropology
Social network analysis
Mathematical and Statistical Techniques
Sociology
Medicine and Health Sciences
Centrality
lcsh:Science
Musculoskeletal System
Strategic move
Social policy
Social movement
Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
Social network analysis (criminology)
General Medicine
Religion
Social Networks
Social movements
Physical Sciences
Regression Analysis
Anatomy
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
050703 geography
Algorithms
Network Analysis
Statistics (Mathematics)
Research Article
Computer and Information Sciences
Civil society
Mining conflicts
0507 social and economic geography
Public policy
Public Policy
Environment
Research and Analysis Methods
Mining
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Social Justice
Political science
Humans
Statistical Methods
Environmental justice
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Organizations
Social network
business.industry
lcsh:R
Social Support
Biology and Life Sciences
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
Anthropology
[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies
lcsh:Q
business
Finance
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 7, p e0180494 (2017), PLOS ONE, PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2017, 12 (7), pp.e0180494. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0180494⟩, Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, instname, Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Recercat: Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya, Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f77fb44a0ad40597c74ad373e17767ff