Sustainable development and energy security, highlighted by the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), necessitate the use of renewable and sustainable …

This article examines global extractivisms and transformative alternatives; addressing:(1)
access to and control over resources,(2) governance and recognition,(3) environmental …

The expansion of mining and conflict violence are closely related phenomena, but there is
widespread variation in the coercive responses state actors embrace to subdue resistance …

This article examines local expectations of and concerns about mining development in post-
conflict and transition economy settings in Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia or …

The acceleration of mineral extraction in many parts of the world since the early 2000s has
raised concerns of mining-related pollution. However, the environmental harms of mining …

This research describes how agriculture-based villages have changed due to small sand
mining (artisanal) activities: the social meaning or social representation of the mining …

This article examines territorial disputes in the Palajunoj Valley of Quetzaltenango,
Guatemala's second largest city located in the western highlands. Drawing on our field …

This study examines the way Guatemalan antimining movements engaged with the state
bureaucracy during the policy implementation process. It contributes to the literature on …

Natural resource extraction, once promoted by international lenders and governing elites as
a promising development strategy, is beginning to hit a wall. After decades of landscape …

This article investigates how Xinka indigeneity disrupts the dominant order in Guatemala.
Our analysis below focus on Xinka politics in a Rancièrian sense. Our main objective is to …