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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Latin American Political Economy |
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Latin American political economy.
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Dedication ; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; chapter 1: Introduction: Human Rights Trade-offs in€Times of€Economic Growth: A€Tale from€Peru; Background; The Puzzle; The Conceptual Framework; The Argument; Beyond the€"Local" Trade-off; The Multidisciplinary Nature of€the€Study; Book Outline; Notes; chapter 2: The La Oroya Conflict: The€Intractable Conflict Between Health and€Work; The Smelter's Privatization: The€Doe Run Chapter; The Evidence: Lead, Cadmium, and€Arsenic Contamination; The Defense of€Health; The Defence of€Work |
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The Legal Architecture: Fighting for€Justice Perpetuating Injustice; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 3: A Systemic Human Rights Model of€Analysis: An€Integrated Approach; Introduction; Structural Approaches to€Human Rights; Historical-Constructionist Notion of€Human Rights; Structuring Human Rights Abuses and€Uneven Distribution of€Harm and€Benefits; The International Legal Framework of€Human Rights; Analysis and€Strategies to€Unveil Root Causes; Why the€Capability Approach: Justifying the€Conceptual Integration; What Is the€Capability Approach? Antecedents and€Main Tenets |
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Selecting Valuable Capabilities: Which Capabilities and€Who Decides?Human Capabilities and€Human Rights: Advancing the€Interdisciplinary Dialogue; The Human Rights Systemic Analytical Model: Methodological Principles; Self-Reflexivity; Fostering Historical and€Political Awareness; Voicing People; Engaging in€the€Scrutiny of€Individuals and€Their Social Embeddedness; The Human Rights Systemic Analytical Model: Steps and€Purposes; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 4: Systemic Lack of€Freedom in€La Oroya: The€Socio-historical Roots and€the€Political-ƯEconomic Background; Introduction |
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The Socio-historical Roots of€Lack of€Freedom in€La OroyaThe Smoke Damages Controversy; The Formation of€a€Proletarian Class in€Central Andes; The Political-Economic Background of€Lack of€Freedom in€La Oroya; Setting the€Foundations for€a€Supportive State-Private Investment Partnership; The Revolutionary Years (First Phase 1968-1974; Second Phase 1975-1979); The Neoliberal Turn and€the€Re-privatization of€La Oroya Smelter; New Conflicts, New Discourses, Same Institutional Response; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 5: Experiencing Systemic Lack of€Freedom: The€Voice of€La Oroya; Introduction |
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Voices of€La OroyaHistorical Pollution and€Perceptions of€Damage; Migration and€Collective Identity; Structuring Inequalities: Socio-economic Status, Access to€Services, and€Gender Roles; Uncertainty About the€Health Impacts of€Smelter Pollution; Access to€Information, Responsibility for€Illness, and€Stigma Against the€Poor; Individuals' Values and€Needs; What Do We€Learn from€Experiences of€Lack of€Freedom in€La Oroya?; Conclusions; Notes; chapter 6: Examining the€Trade-offs Between Health and€Work in€La Oroya: The€Long-Term Capability Impacts of€Extractive-Led Development; Introduction |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Environmental law -- Economic aspects -- Peru -- Case studies
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Environmental justice -- Peru -- Case studies
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Smelting -- Environmental aspects -- Peru -- Case studies
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Right to health -- Economic aspects -- Peru -- Case studies
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Smelting -- Environmental aspects -- Peru -- La Oroya
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Right to health -- Economic aspects -- Peru -- La Oroya
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Human rights.
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Politics & government.
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Development studies.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Smelting -- Environmental aspects
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Environmental law -- Economic aspects
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Environmental justice
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Politics and government
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Social justice
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Economic development
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Human rights
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Peru -- La Oroya
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Peru
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Latin America
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1137488689 |
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9781137488688 |
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