The politics of green transformations: How does opposition to extractive activities shape development policies?
Human Rights: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges
Javier Arellano-Yanguas
Researcher ID: O-7517-2018
Orcid: 0000-0002-3574-3766
Scopus autor: ID: 38361128400
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Short Bio: Javier Arellano-Yanguas is a research fellow and lecturer at the Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain). He is currently the director of the Centre. Javier holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex) and has developed a multidisciplinary academic background that includes graduate and postgraduate studies in engineering, religion studies, and political economy. His work focuses on the political economy of natural resources led development, social conflicts, social accountability, and the interactions between religion and development. Most of this research is done in Andean countries and encompasses both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Center for Applied Ethics (CAE)
https://socialesyhumanas.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/socialesyhumanas/en/centre-for-applied–ethics.
The postdoctoral fellow will be integrated to the Center for Applied Ethics (CAE), and more in particular, the research will be carried out as part of Development and Social Transformation line of research developed by the CAE. The CAE conducts interdisciplinary research on social practices in light of questions, theoretical approaches, and methodologies in which the ethical dimension has a central role. The Development and Social Transformation line of research focuses on the empirical analysis of sociopolitical processes of change, with a special interest in local conflict, social mobilisation, and accountability.
• Background training in social sciences
• Academic or professional experience in the fields of public policy, social conflicts, political economy, and/or theories of development.
• Knowledge of Andean countries
• Skills for independent and team work, and academic writing
• English language: reading, oral, and writing.
• Spanish language: reading, oral, and writing (recommended)
- Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
Throughout the world, proponents and opponents of big mining projects fight in the name of development. Opponents claim that big mining projects promote an unsustainable development model that deteriorates the environment and reproduces an unjust social order. Promoters defend the exploitation of minerals to foster development. Although the developmental narrative attached to the exploitation of natural resources is difficult to counteract, some opponents’ proposals spur academic and policy discussion, eventually becoming mainstream. Examples abound. The introduction of environmental and social safeguards in the design, and operation of investment projects or international legislation to protect ethnic minorities are the result of opposition campaigns, not of mere technical analysis.
Despite recognition that conflict frequently opens space for negotiation, deliberation, and policy change, the sequence and nature of interactions connecting local opposition to a change in global development ideas and policies remain largely unexplored. The main challenge of this research is to produce knowledge, from an empirical and interdisciplinary perspective, on how interactions between proponents and opponents happen and how these interactions shape ideas and policies at the national and global levels. Applicants should propose a thesis that contributes to the overall research question: How does opposition to big mining projects transform mainstream development ideas and policies?
EXCELLENCE OF THE HOST RESEARCH UNIT
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2011). Aggravating the resource curse: Decentralisation, mining, and conflict in Peru. Journal of Development Studies, 47, 617-638. [SSCI-Wos; 92 cites in the WoS Core Collection; 101 cites in Scopus; 247 cites in Google Scholar; it is the most cited article in the WoS among all articles published in the Journal of Development Studies in 2011].
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2011). ¿Minería sin fronteras? Conflicto y desarrollo en regiones mineras de Perú. Lima: IEP y PUCP. [34 cites in Scopus; 171 cites in Google Scholar; in 2014 a second edition was published).
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2012). Mining and conflict in Peru: Sowing the minerals, reaping a hail of stones. In A. Bebbington (Ed.), Social conflict, economic development and the extractive industry: Evidence from South America. London: Routledge. [26 cites in Scopus; 52 cites in Google Scholar; a Spanish version of the book was published in 2013 in Peru by the Institute of Peruvian Studies, and this Spanish chapter has also several cites].
Arellano-Yanguas, J., & Bernal-Gómez, M. d. P. (2017). Partnerships for development in the extractive sector: protecting subterranean interests? Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 19, 251-265. [SSCI-WoS; SCOPUS; 3 cites in WoS, 3 cites in Scopus, 5 cites in Google Scholar].
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2019). Extractive industries and regional development: Lessons from Peru on the limitations of revenue devolution to producing regions. Regional & Federal Studies, 1-25. DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2018.1493461 [SCOPUS; Emerging Sources-WoS; 1 cite in WoS, 1 cite in Scopus, 3 cites in Google Scholar ].
1. Project: Extractive industries and local development: a comparative study on the influence of tax and redistribution politics in three Andean countries
Principal investigator: Javier Arellano-Yanguas 2012-2016
Funding: Unión Europea- FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant
2. Project: Extractive industry, decentralization and development: an Andean comparative study
Principal investigators: Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Anthony Bebbington 2012-2014
Funding: Ford Foundation
3. Project: Extractive Industries, revenue allocation and local governance
Principal Investigators: Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Andres Mejia Acosat (Kings College London) 2013
Funding: UNRISD e Institute of Development Studies INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
The proposal integrates different disciplines within the broad field of social sciences (political science, political economy, sociology) and ethical reflection.
The possibility of co-direction with other members of the CEA team experts in ethics is open to discussion depending on the features of the proposal. Also the involvement of potential social partners.
The proposal is interdisciplinary at three different levels:
Team composition: CAE is an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research center.
Research problem: The research question needs an interdisciplinary approach as it sits at the intersection of diverse bodies of academic work on conflict studies, development theory, political economy, knowledge sociology, public policies and ethics.
Methodology: The PhD candidate should use different methodology tools such as historical sociological analysis, policy analysis, and fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis, INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The topic proposed relates to the H2020 challenge on «Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency, and Raw Materials». Moreover, it is directly related to several SDGs (1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17).
It is not envisaged at this moment, but the scientist in charge is open to take into consideration opportunities of international-direction that can help in the development of the research project. INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
The ALBOAN Foundation, that since 2019 coordinates the international «Justice in Mining Network» of the Society of Jesus, is potentially interested in collaborating/participating in the research project.
Depending on further discussions, ALBOAN/Justice in Mining Network may be an appropriate partner to pursuit an industrial doctorate. IMPACT
The research results aim to engage with ongoing national and global debates about the role of mining in the development process, the emergence of alternative development and transition proposals, and the necessity of more sustainable and equitable development patterns. The Justice in Mining Network will be a key partner in the dissemination of the research results. Moreover, during the research process, we aim to build relationships with different stakeholders that can contribute to the uptake of the results. INNOVATION
The proposal offers three main innovations: First, the proposal incorporates a radical questioning of the role of big mining projects in the development process. A closer collaboration between development studies, the study of collective action, and public policy analysis is necessary to explain the deep (economic, political, spatial, and temporal) implications of big mining projects. Second, the proposal attempts to foster this collaboration. Second, the proposal aims at providing a detailed and rich historical and multilevel analysis of the mechanisms linking local opposition to mining projects with changes in development ideas and policies at the global level. This analysis will contribute to the development of a theory of social change focused on the role of conflict and contentious interactions as creative dynamics. Third, despite an approach focused on the opposition to megaprojects, the proposal will provide an exhaustive critical analysis of the ability of opponents to generate alternative ideas and policies and design transition strategies to implement these alternatives. Radical theory tends to cherish bottom-up mobilisation processes without questioning the ability of the actors involved in the mobilisation to elaborate realistic and feasible alternative proposals in addition to building wider coalitions to realise change. INCLUSION
The research proposal will include groups of the population that are notably affected by the construction and operation of big mines such as indigenous people, peasants, and farmers. Within those groups, the research proposal will analyse the different perspectives of men, women, young and elderly people. Their perspectives will be taken into consideration during the research process and will inform the dissemination and use of the results.
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2011). Aggravating the resource curse: Decentralisation, mining, and conflict in Peru. Journal of Development Studies, 47, 617-638. [SSCI-Wos; 92 cites in the WoS Core Collection; 101 cites in Scopus; 247 cites in Google Scholar; it is the most cited article in the WoS among all articles published in the Journal of Development Studies in 2011].
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2011). ¿Minería sin fronteras? Conflicto y desarrollo en regiones mineras de Perú. Lima: IEP y PUCP. [34 cites in Scopus; 171 cites in Google Scholar; in 2014 a second edition was published).
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2012). Mining and conflict in Peru: Sowing the minerals, reaping a hail of stones. In A. Bebbington (Ed.), Social conflict, economic development and the extractive industry: Evidence from South America. London: Routledge. [26 cites in Scopus; 52 cites in Google Scholar; a Spanish version of the book was published in 2013 in Peru by the Institute of Peruvian Studies, and this Spanish chapter has also several cites].
Arellano-Yanguas, J., & Bernal-Gómez, M. d. P. (2017). Partnerships for development in the extractive sector: protecting subterranean interests? Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 19, 251-265. [SSCI-WoS; SCOPUS; 3 cites in WoS, 3 cites in Scopus, 5 cites in Google Scholar].
Arellano-Yanguas, J. (2019). Extractive industries and regional development: Lessons from Peru on the limitations of revenue devolution to producing regions. Regional & Federal Studies, 1-25. DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2018.1493461 [SCOPUS; Emerging Sources-WoS; 1 cite in WoS, 1 cite in Scopus, 3 cites in Google Scholar ].
1. Project: Extractive industries and local development: a comparative study on the influence of tax and redistribution politics in three Andean countries
Principal investigator: Javier Arellano-Yanguas 2012-2016
Funding: Unión Europea- FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant
2. Project: Extractive industry, decentralization and development: an Andean comparative study
Principal investigators: Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Anthony Bebbington 2012-2014
Funding: Ford Foundation
3. Project: Extractive Industries, revenue allocation and local governance
Principal Investigators: Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Andres Mejia Acosat (Kings College London) 2013
Funding: UNRISD e Institute of Development Studies
The proposal integrates different disciplines within the broad field of social sciences (political science, political economy, sociology) and ethical reflection.
The possibility of co-direction with other members of the CEA team experts in ethics is open to discussion depending on the features of the proposal. Also the involvement of potential social partners.
The proposal is interdisciplinary at three different levels:
Team composition: CAE is an interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research center.
Research problem: The research question needs an interdisciplinary approach as it sits at the intersection of diverse bodies of academic work on conflict studies, development theory, political economy, knowledge sociology, public policies and ethics.
Methodology: The PhD candidate should use different methodology tools such as historical sociological analysis, policy analysis, and fuzzy set/Qualitative Comparative Analysis,
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The topic proposed relates to the H2020 challenge on «Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency, and Raw Materials». Moreover, it is directly related to several SDGs (1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17).
It is not envisaged at this moment, but the scientist in charge is open to take into consideration opportunities of international-direction that can help in the development of the research project. INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
The ALBOAN Foundation, that since 2019 coordinates the international «Justice in Mining Network» of the Society of Jesus, is potentially interested in collaborating/participating in the research project.
Depending on further discussions, ALBOAN/Justice in Mining Network may be an appropriate partner to pursuit an industrial doctorate. IMPACT
The research results aim to engage with ongoing national and global debates about the role of mining in the development process, the emergence of alternative development and transition proposals, and the necessity of more sustainable and equitable development patterns. The Justice in Mining Network will be a key partner in the dissemination of the research results. Moreover, during the research process, we aim to build relationships with different stakeholders that can contribute to the uptake of the results. INNOVATION
The proposal offers three main innovations: First, the proposal incorporates a radical questioning of the role of big mining projects in the development process. A closer collaboration between development studies, the study of collective action, and public policy analysis is necessary to explain the deep (economic, political, spatial, and temporal) implications of big mining projects. Second, the proposal attempts to foster this collaboration. Second, the proposal aims at providing a detailed and rich historical and multilevel analysis of the mechanisms linking local opposition to mining projects with changes in development ideas and policies at the global level. This analysis will contribute to the development of a theory of social change focused on the role of conflict and contentious interactions as creative dynamics. Third, despite an approach focused on the opposition to megaprojects, the proposal will provide an exhaustive critical analysis of the ability of opponents to generate alternative ideas and policies and design transition strategies to implement these alternatives. Radical theory tends to cherish bottom-up mobilisation processes without questioning the ability of the actors involved in the mobilisation to elaborate realistic and feasible alternative proposals in addition to building wider coalitions to realise change. INCLUSION
The research proposal will include groups of the population that are notably affected by the construction and operation of big mines such as indigenous people, peasants, and farmers. Within those groups, the research proposal will analyse the different perspectives of men, women, young and elderly people. Their perspectives will be taken into consideration during the research process and will inform the dissemination and use of the results.
The topic proposed relates to the H2020 challenge on «Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency, and Raw Materials». Moreover, it is directly related to several SDGs (1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17).
It is not envisaged at this moment, but the scientist in charge is open to take into consideration opportunities of international-direction that can help in the development of the research project.
The ALBOAN Foundation, that since 2019 coordinates the international «Justice in Mining Network» of the Society of Jesus, is potentially interested in collaborating/participating in the research project.
Depending on further discussions, ALBOAN/Justice in Mining Network may be an appropriate partner to pursuit an industrial doctorate.
IMPACT
The research results aim to engage with ongoing national and global debates about the role of mining in the development process, the emergence of alternative development and transition proposals, and the necessity of more sustainable and equitable development patterns. The Justice in Mining Network will be a key partner in the dissemination of the research results. Moreover, during the research process, we aim to build relationships with different stakeholders that can contribute to the uptake of the results. INNOVATION
The proposal offers three main innovations: First, the proposal incorporates a radical questioning of the role of big mining projects in the development process. A closer collaboration between development studies, the study of collective action, and public policy analysis is necessary to explain the deep (economic, political, spatial, and temporal) implications of big mining projects. Second, the proposal attempts to foster this collaboration. Second, the proposal aims at providing a detailed and rich historical and multilevel analysis of the mechanisms linking local opposition to mining projects with changes in development ideas and policies at the global level. This analysis will contribute to the development of a theory of social change focused on the role of conflict and contentious interactions as creative dynamics. Third, despite an approach focused on the opposition to megaprojects, the proposal will provide an exhaustive critical analysis of the ability of opponents to generate alternative ideas and policies and design transition strategies to implement these alternatives. Radical theory tends to cherish bottom-up mobilisation processes without questioning the ability of the actors involved in the mobilisation to elaborate realistic and feasible alternative proposals in addition to building wider coalitions to realise change. INCLUSION
The research proposal will include groups of the population that are notably affected by the construction and operation of big mines such as indigenous people, peasants, and farmers. Within those groups, the research proposal will analyse the different perspectives of men, women, young and elderly people. Their perspectives will be taken into consideration during the research process and will inform the dissemination and use of the results.
The research results aim to engage with ongoing national and global debates about the role of mining in the development process, the emergence of alternative development and transition proposals, and the necessity of more sustainable and equitable development patterns. The Justice in Mining Network will be a key partner in the dissemination of the research results. Moreover, during the research process, we aim to build relationships with different stakeholders that can contribute to the uptake of the results.
The proposal offers three main innovations: First, the proposal incorporates a radical questioning of the role of big mining projects in the development process. A closer collaboration between development studies, the study of collective action, and public policy analysis is necessary to explain the deep (economic, political, spatial, and temporal) implications of big mining projects. Second, the proposal attempts to foster this collaboration. Second, the proposal aims at providing a detailed and rich historical and multilevel analysis of the mechanisms linking local opposition to mining projects with changes in development ideas and policies at the global level. This analysis will contribute to the development of a theory of social change focused on the role of conflict and contentious interactions as creative dynamics. Third, despite an approach focused on the opposition to megaprojects, the proposal will provide an exhaustive critical analysis of the ability of opponents to generate alternative ideas and policies and design transition strategies to implement these alternatives. Radical theory tends to cherish bottom-up mobilisation processes without questioning the ability of the actors involved in the mobilisation to elaborate realistic and feasible alternative proposals in addition to building wider coalitions to realise change.
INCLUSION
The research proposal will include groups of the population that are notably affected by the construction and operation of big mines such as indigenous people, peasants, and farmers. Within those groups, the research proposal will analyse the different perspectives of men, women, young and elderly people. Their perspectives will be taken into consideration during the research process and will inform the dissemination and use of the results.
The research proposal will include groups of the population that are notably affected by the construction and operation of big mines such as indigenous people, peasants, and farmers. Within those groups, the research proposal will analyse the different perspectives of men, women, young and elderly people. Their perspectives will be taken into consideration during the research process and will inform the dissemination and use of the results.