Forging transnational ties from below: Challenging the Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. across the South Atlantic

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007921
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7921-8

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Cezne, Eric:
Forging transnational ties from below: Challenging the Brazilian mining giant Vale S.A. across the South Atlantic.
In: The Extractive Industries and Society. Vol. 6 (2019) Issue 4 . - pp. 1174-1183.
ISSN 2214-790X
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2019.10.007

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Abstract

This paper discusses how the internationalization of the Brazilian mining corporation Vale S.A, particularly its incursion into Mozambique, has given rise to transnational contestation efforts to resist extraction, from below and along a South-South axis. It does so by approaching the politics and practices of mobilization of the International Articulation of those Affected by Vale (AV), paying special attention to the ties forged between Mozambican and Brazilian civil society. This paper contends that the AV’s transnational activism and mobilization strength is context-dependent and defined by given political opportunities, which affect actors’ capacity and propensity to mobilize against Vale. Focusing on the determinants shaping the AV’s engagement in contentious politics, this paper analyzes which political opportunities have contributed to its establishment, how resources were mobilized to pursue transnational collective action and to push for change, and to which extent shifting political and economic circumstances in Brazil and Mozambique have affected mobilization prospects. This paper provides a critical, bottom-up perspective on the outward expansion of Vale as a Southern mining multinational and contributes to the literature on resistance to extractivism, exploring such dynamics in a transnational and South-South configuration.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	Brazil; Mozambique; Vale S.A.; Mining; Social mobilization; South-South relations
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa > Chair Sociology of Africa - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	No
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7921-8
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2024 10:50
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2024 10:50
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7921

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