MODELS OF CONTENTION AND PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ROŞIA MONTANĂ ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT
MODELS OF CONTENTION AND PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ROŞIA MONTANĂ ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT

Summary/Abstract: The most substantial environmental mobilization in post-communist Romania is represented by Save Roşia Montană, a movement that opposes the biggest European open pit, cyanide-based gold and silver extraction project proposed by Gabriel Resources Ltd., a multi-national mining company based in Toronto. Over the last 12 years, it has become the most significant Romanian environmental conflict, with a significant national and international impact. This paper is an exploratory investigation into models of contention and participation of civil society in the Roşia Montană environmental conflict.

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