Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico
Multiscalarity is a central feature of the neoliberal governance of extractivist models that are constructed by interweaving multiple levels and jurisdictions of public and private law. In this article, we expose the complex relationships between the multiscale landscape of global legal pluralism th...
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| description | Multiscalarity is a central feature of the neoliberal governance of extractivist models that are constructed by interweaving multiple levels and jurisdictions of public and private law. In this article, we expose the complex relationships between the multiscale landscape of global legal pluralism that structures socioenvironmental conflicts over mining, the processes of juridification and the varied forms of violence that motivate quests for justice. We briefly outline the legal dimensions of industrial mining and conceptually explore the specificities of multiscale juridification in relation to this activity. Based on ethnography and document analysis among different legal defense and grassroots organizations, we examine three cases of socioenvironmental conflicts in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. This allows us to show how fragmented multiscalarity means that rights recognized in one jurisdiction can become invisible in another and be accompanied by a repressive use of law or lawfare. We conclude that even in fields of power marked by abysmal inequalities and ecologies of multiple forms of violence, juridified struggles open up new possibilities for social and political mobilization. We also argue that such struggles facilitate connections between jurisdictions, subjects and places, and generate new political grammars. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e1f1b04803f24fcab468e47831f1154f2025-02-02T12:38:47ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832022-01-012672577810.17141/iconos.72.2022.5038Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and MexicoAinhoa Montoya0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7052-4318Rachel Sieder1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-4760Yacotzin Bravo-Espinosa2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9298-0856Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología SocialMultiscalarity is a central feature of the neoliberal governance of extractivist models that are constructed by interweaving multiple levels and jurisdictions of public and private law. In this article, we expose the complex relationships between the multiscale landscape of global legal pluralism that structures socioenvironmental conflicts over mining, the processes of juridification and the varied forms of violence that motivate quests for justice. We briefly outline the legal dimensions of industrial mining and conceptually explore the specificities of multiscale juridification in relation to this activity. Based on ethnography and document analysis among different legal defense and grassroots organizations, we examine three cases of socioenvironmental conflicts in Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. This allows us to show how fragmented multiscalarity means that rights recognized in one jurisdiction can become invisible in another and be accompanied by a repressive use of law or lawfare. We conclude that even in fields of power marked by abysmal inequalities and ecologies of multiple forms of violence, juridified struggles open up new possibilities for social and political mobilization. We also argue that such struggles facilitate connections between jurisdictions, subjects and places, and generate new political grammars.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/5038central americajuridificationlawfaremexicoindustrial miningmultiscalarity |
| spellingShingle | Ainhoa Montoya Rachel Sieder Yacotzin Bravo-Espinosa Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico Íconos central america juridification lawfare mexico industrial mining multiscalarity |
| title | Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico |
| title_full | Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico |
| title_short | Multiscale juridification of the mining industry: Experiences in Central America and Mexico |
| title_sort | multiscale juridification of the mining industry experiences in central america and mexico |
| topic | central america juridification lawfare mexico industrial mining multiscalarity |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/5038 |
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