TY - BOOK ID - 118976873 TI - Breaking ground : from extraction booms to mining bans in Latin America PY - 2023 SN - 0197643167 0197643175 9780197643181 PB - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mineral industries KW - Extractive industries KW - Extractive industry KW - Metal industries KW - Mines and mining KW - Mining KW - Mining industry KW - Mining industry and finance KW - Industries KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118976873 AB - From cave-ins and lung diseases to toxic sludge and water contamination, mining operations create a host of social and environmental problems, now including climate change. Breaking Ground tells the story of mining conflicts in Latin America, where ore extraction has become a big business. Based on a decade of research in gold mining towns, corporate headquarters, and legislative chambers, Rose J. Spalding develops a new interpretation of how mining operations secure government approval while also unpacking the circumstances under which anti-mining mobilizations come out on top. This innovative study of the mining sector's rise and fall answers persistent questions about the political logistics shaping the future of resource extraction. ER -