01893nam a2200133   4500008004100000020005700041245011900098210006900217260006100286520122000347100001701567700001901584856015601603       2012                        eng d  a9781107020665  1107020662  9781107650312  110765031300aPutting social movements in their place : explaining opposition to energy projects in the United States, 2000-20050 aPutting social movements in their place explaining opposition to  aCambridge; New YorkbCambridge University Pressc2012///3 a<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>1 aMcAdam, Doug1 aBoudet, Hilary  uhttps://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/biblio/sociology/putting-social-movements-their-place-explaining-opposition-energy-projects-united-states-2000-200502003nas a2200205   4500008004100000020001400041245008400055210006900139260001200208300001400220490000700234520131300241100001901554700001701573700002001590700001801610700001901628700002401647856012601671       2010                        eng d  a0884-897100aSite Fights: Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the Developing World0 aSite Fights Explaining Opposition to Pipeline Projects in the De  c2010///  a401 - 4270 v253 a<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>1 aBoudet, Hilary1 aMcAdam, Doug1 aDavis, Jennifer1 aOrr, Ryan, J.1 aScott, Richard1 aLevitt, Raymond, E.  uhttps://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/biblio/sociology/site-fights-explaining-opposition-pipeline-projects-developing-world