Mobilizing at the frontier: Framing social justice claims in a natural resources management project in Rondônia, Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorSelfa, T.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialRondôniaen
dc.coverage.spatialBrazilen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:46Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:46Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractDrawing on critical development studies and social movements literatures, this article analyzes how civil-society actors used practical and ideological resources to frame their situations in mobilizing for change. Focusing on a case study of a World Bank-sponsored natural resources management project in Rondônia, Brazil, I examine how the discourse and policies promoting "participatory, sustainable development" have been used to achieve resource conservation, and to promote social justice aims within the current neoliberal policy framework. Based on document analysis and in-depth interviews with civil-society actors, I argue that Rondônia nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grass-roots movements successfully mobilized by effectively framing their demands and by forming strong "movement webs" with national and transitional civil-society actors. The case study also explores the divergence in approach and objectives between local NGOs and grass-roots movements, illustrating the practical and political limitations to implementing participatory and sustainable development projects.en
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dc.identifier1128en
dc.identifier.citationSociety and Natural Resources 17(8): 717-734en
dc.identifier.issn0894-1920en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65965en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis, Ltden
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2004 Taylor & Francis, Ltd.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectNongovernmental organizations (NGOs)en
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectSocial movementsen
dc.subjectConservationen
dc.subjectCommunity participationen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectCivil society organizations (CSOs)en
dc.subjectCollective actionen
dc.subjectGrassroots organizationsen
dc.subjectPoliticsen
dc.subjectResource conservationen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleMobilizing at the frontier: Framing social justice claims in a natural resources management project in Rondônia, Brazilen
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