@article{2dd4b7decaa24523a4630eadc5d20e74,
title = "Hydropower Development, Collective Action, and Environmental Justice in the Brazilian Amazon",
abstract = "The Brazilian Amazon has long served as a site of infrastructure development and natural resource extraction. Development projects including dams and mines have largely benefited distant urban actors at a cost to local communities and the environment. We draw from theories of internal colonialism and environmental justice to examine the ways that dam building undermined the well-being of communities affected by construction of the Belo Monte Dam, and to understand how those communities engaged in collective action to minimize negative impacts on their livelihoods. Drawing from semi-structured interview and ethnographic data, we find that farmers and fishers impacted by Belo Monte used a variety of tactics to resist exploitation and ultimately receive more equitable compensation for their losses. We propose two processes that were central to their success in mobilizing for environmental justice: transformative resistance and collaborative claims-making.",
author = "Heather Randell and Peter Klein",
note = "Funding Information: Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the 5th annual conference of the Development Sociology Section of the American Sociological Assoociation in 2016 and at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting in 2019. Data collection for this study was supported by National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants to Heather Randell [SES-1434020] and Peter Klein [SES-1128420], a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) training grant [5T32HD007338-28] from the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, a US Student Fulbright Grant to Peter Klein, a Bard Research Fund Award to Peter Klein, and a grant to Leah VanWey from Brown{\textquoteright}s Brazil Initiative and Office of Global Engagement. Heather Randell recognizes infrastructure funding from the Pennsylvania State University Population Research Institute [5P2CHD041025-17]. We are immensely gratfeul to Leah VanWey for her support and encouragment throughout our graduate school careers and beyond. We are indebted to Thais Tartalha, Douglas Tyminiak, Alessandra Moura, Jos{\'e} Herrera, and our Brazilian research assistants for their help in the field. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1080/08941920.2021.1948649",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "34",
pages = "1232--1249",
journal = "Society and Natural Resources",
issn = "0894-1920",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "9",
}