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A vote to derail extraction: popular consultation and resource sovereignty in Tolima, Colombia

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  • John-Andrew McNeish

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In July 2013, a consulta popular (referendum) was organised by municipal authorities in Tolima, Colombia, to judge public opinion on the establishment of activities by an international mining conglomerate ie the Colosa (the Giant) gold mine. In this article study is made of the referendum, and emphasis given to its linkages with wider regional, national and Latin American efforts to anticipate damage and derail projects for resource extraction. Recognising the techniques and networks, and similar expressions of identity and territoriality, expressed in other campaigns against extraction, resource sovereignty is suggested as an approach to interpret the motivations for and dynamics of recent popular consultations.

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  • John-Andrew McNeish, 2017. "A vote to derail extraction: popular consultation and resource sovereignty in Tolima, Colombia," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(5), pages 1128-1145, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:38:y:2017:i:5:p:1128-1145
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2017.1283980
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    1. Gustafsson, Maria-Therese & Scurrah, Martin, 2019. "Strengthening subnational institutions for sustainable development in resource-rich states: Decentralized land-use planning in Peru," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 133-144.
    2. Jamie L Shenk, 2023. "Does conflict experience affect participatory democracy after war? Evidence from Colombia," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 60(6), pages 985-1001, November.

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