‘Repertoires of Contention’ in Movements Against Hydropower Projects in India
2013; Routledge; Volume: 13; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14742837.2013.830564
ISSN1474-2837
Autores Tópico(s)Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
ResumoApplying Charles Tilly's notion of 'repertoires of contention', this paper discusses strategies and modes of protest carried out by the movements against hydropower projects in India. It compares the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA; Save Narmada Movement) in Madhya Pradesh and the Shramik Mukthi Dal (SMD; Labour Liberation Party) led mobilisations against hydropower projects in Maharashtra. It explains the more dramatic repertoires deployed by NBA as opposed to moderate and pragmatic movement repertoires of SMD. The paper concludes that the differences in ideology, organisation and cultural–historical legacy of the two organisations, as well as their different modes of interaction with the state, are the causes behind different contentious repertoires deployed by them, which resulted in different trajectories and outcomes.
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