This academic review of more than 200 articles, books and reports sheds light to why and
how do communities resist mining and how do their forms of resistance change over time …

In this paper we outline the limitations of Environmental Justice theory when it comes to
explaining and theorising the politics of contemporary environmental movements. Justice …

Plans to open a globally significant gold mine at Roşia Montană, in the Transylvanian region
of Romania, have led to decades of controversy and struggle. This paper explores different …

The purpose of this research project is to delve beneath the surface manifestations of conlict
related to mining activities in order to develop a deeper understanding of their nature and …

Conflicts around access to, control over, and quality of water accompany mining projects all
over the globe. Often, they are associated with high intensity as means of contestation range …

We analyse Roșia Montană environmental activism as a critical case that brings together an
unusual combination of high levels of transactional activism and high levels of mass …

Historically, the production of a market society has depended on the commodification of
valuables such as land and labour, which has also meant the disembedding of capital from …

Understanding how ecological distribution conflicts (EDCs) have changed through the
transition from socialism to capitalism in the European semi-periphery can provide valuable …

The process of economic restructuring affected many mining regions in Central and Eastern
Europe along with the political, social and economic changes in the 1990s. For the mining …

Resistance to mining is not new and nonetheless, resource extraction has been expanding
materially and geographically during the last 50 years, reaching new frontiers, moving …