Network effects in environmental justice struggles: an investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective

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• dc.contributor.author Aydin, Cem Iskender
• dc.contributor.author Özkaynak, Begüm
• dc.contributor.author Rodríguez-Labajos, Beatriz
• dc.contributor.author Yenilmez, Taylan
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-07-31T09:25:07Z
• dc.date.available 2025-07-31T09:25:07Z
• dc.date.issued 2017
• dc.date.updated 2025-07-31T09:25:07Z
• dc.description.abstract This paper examines conflicts that occur between mining companies and civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world and offers an innovative analysis of mining conflicts from a social network perspective. The analysis showed that, as the number of CSOs involved in a conflict increased, its outcome was more likely to be perceived as a success in terms of environmental justice (EJ); if a CSO was connected to other central CSOs, the average perception of EJ success was likely to increase; and as network distance between two conflicts increased (or decreased), they were more likely to lead to different (or similar) EJ outcomes. Such network effects in mining conflicts have policy implications for EJ movements. It would be a strategic move on the part of successful CSOs to become involved in other major conflicts and disseminate information about how they achieved greater EJ success.
• dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge financial support from the project Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) which received funding from the European Union's 7th Framework programme (FP7-Science in Society-2010-1) for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no: 266642 and 289374. The funders had no role in study to design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish preparation of the manuscript. Authors who received the funding: BRL, BO, CIA. URL of funder's website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html.
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• dc.identifier.citation Aydin CI, Ozkaynak B, Rodríguez-Labajos B, Yenilmez T. Network effects in environmental justice struggles: an investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective. PLoS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0180494. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180494
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180494
• dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71054
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE. 2017;12(7):e0180494
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP/266642
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP/289374
• dc.rights © 2017 Aydin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.other Justícia ambiental
• dc.subject.other Gestió de conflictes
• dc.subject.other Indústria minera
• dc.subject.other Xarxes socials
• dc.subject.other Societat civil
• dc.title Network effects in environmental justice struggles: an investigation of conflicts between mining companies and civil society organizations from a network perspective
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