Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth : The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development / / by Areli Valencia
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| Autore: |
Valencia Areli
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| Titolo: |
Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth : The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development / / by Areli Valencia
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XIX, 281 p. 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Latin America—Politics and government |
| Human rights | |
| Social justice | |
| Economic development | |
| Latin American Politics | |
| Human Rights | |
| Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights | |
| Regional Development | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The La Oroya Conflict -- 3. A Systemic Human Rights Model of Analysis -- 4. Systemic Lack of Freedom in La Oroya -- 5. Experiencing Systemic Lack of Freedom -- 6. Examining the Trade-offs between Health and Work in La Oroya -- 7. Conclusion. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru, in a context of systemic lack of freedom. La Oroya has been named one of the most polluted places on the planet by the US Blacksmith Institute. Residents face the dilemma of whether to defend their health or to preserve job stability at the local smelter, the main source of toxic pollution in town. Valencia unpacks this paradoxical human rights trade-off. This context, shaped by social, historical, political, and economic factors, increases people’s vulnerabilities and decreases their ability to choose, resulting in residents' trading off their right to health in order to work. This book shows the deep connection of this local dilemma to the country’s national paradox, arising out of Peru's vision of natural resource extraction as the main path to secure economic growth for the entire country at the expense of some groups. . |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Human rights trade-offs in times of economic growth |
| ISBN: | 1-137-48868-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910149425703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Latin American Political Economy