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Serjeant, Max (2015)

No a la Minaria en Rancho Grande: An Investigation into the Relationship between Structure, Agency, Protest, and Mining in a Nicaraguan Village

Master thesis | Latin American Studies (MA)

The arrival of a Canadian mining company in the Nicaraguan village of Rancho Grande has been met with organised resistance by the local population. This thesis uses Gidden's Stucturation theory to examine how the mining company and the protest movement have interacted with existing village structures - changing them in the process. Furthermore, it examines how individuals have used their agency to use these changes to their advantage. In doing so it provides an illustration of the social effects that multinational mining companies can have on Latin American communities as well as analysing the relationship between structure and agency.

Structuration

Structure

Agency

Rancho

Grande

Nicaragua

Mining

Author

Serjeant, Max

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Public Policies

Supervisors

Valdivia Rivera, Soledad

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en