@book {2967,
	title = {Putting social movements in their place : explaining opposition to energy projects in the United States, 2000-2005},
	year = {2012},
	month = {2012///},
	publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
	organization = {Cambridge University Press},
	address = {Cambridge; New York},
	abstract = {<p>"This book reports the results of a comparative study of 20 communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. The authors find the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects very low, and they seek to explain that variation and impact it had on the proposed projects"-- "The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and ,zmovement-centric.,Z When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the frequency and causal significance of movements as a form of politics. This book reports the results of a comparative study, not of movements, but of 20 communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. In stark contrast to the central thrust of the social movement literature, the authors find that the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects to have been very low, and they seek to explain that variation and the impact, if any, it had on the ultimate fate of the proposed projects"--</p>},
	isbn = {9781107020665  1107020662  9781107650312  1107650313},
	author = {McAdam, Doug and Hilary Boudet}
}
@article {2972,
	title = {Site Fights: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World},
	journal = {SOCF Sociological Forum},
	volume = {25},
	year = {2010},
	month = {2010///},
	pages = {401 - 427},
	abstract = {<p>Fifty years ago, the main challenges to large infrastructure projects were technical or scientific. Today, the greatest hurdles faced by such projects are almost always social and/or political. Whether constructing large dams in the developing world or siting liquefied natural gas terminals in the United States, the onset of these projects often triggers intense popular opposition. But not always, and therein lays the animating aim of this project. We undertake a systematic comparative case analysis of mobilization efforts against 11 oil and gas pipeline projects spanning 16 countries in the developing world. Using theories from the social movement and facility siting literatures and the technique of fuzzy set/qualitative comparative analysis (fs/QCA), we examine the causal conditions linked to political and legal opposition to these projects. We find that both Western funding of projects and public consultation serve as necessary political opportunities encouraging mobilization. In addition, not compensating the host country for involvement in the project is linked to mobilization. Finally, some risk from the project, in the form of environmental or social impact, is associated with mobilization; however, this impact does not have to be very significant for mobilization to occur.</p>},
	isbn = {0884-8971},
	author = {Hilary Boudet and McAdam, Doug and Davis, Jennifer and Orr, Ryan J. and Richard Scott, W. and Levitt, Raymond E.}
}
