Areli Valencia

Human Rights Trade-Offs in Times of Economic Growth

The Long-Term Capability Impacts of Extractive-Led Development

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Latin American Political Economy
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-48867-1
• 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9781137488671
• ISBN-10: 1137488670
• Artikelnr.: 44519281

Autorenporträt

Areli Valencia holds a PhD in Law and Society from University of Victoria, Law Faculty, Canada. She was the 2013 Gordon F. Henderson Postdoctoral Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada. She is currently Professor at the School of Government and Public Policy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Rezensionen

"Drawing on a detailed, rich and insightful case study, this book deals with the case of the smelting town of La Oroya in Peru. ... This study is very useful for researchers, activists and community leaders alike dealing with human rights, human development and socio-environmental trade-offs, as well as for those interested in the structural roots of institutional and legal contexts in the region and beyond." (Johannes M. Waldmüller, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Vol. 20 (1), 2019)