| dc.contributor.author |
Massol-González, Alexis |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Johnnidis, Avril Andromache |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Massol-Deyá, Arturo |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-06-29T18:20:13Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2010-06-29T18:20:13Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008 |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5897 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
"Casa Pueblo began as a grassroots’ citizens group formed to oppose the Puerto Rican government’s plan to allow large-scale open-pit mining by international corporations in the central region in 1980. Its aims have since evolved to promoting community self-reliance and community-based self-management, while conserving cultural heritage and local and national ecological integrity. Its philosophy is based on a 'social transformation model': the affirmation of cultural (local) values, reinforcement of self-esteem, and promotion of self-reliance and self-responsibility. It implements this through community culture (i.e. through the use of art, music and field action), information gathering, sound science and research, and self-sufficiency through community enterprises, such as coffee production, a community store and eco-tourism." |
en_US |
| dc.language |
English |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Gatekeeper 137b |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
political parties |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
social change |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
self-governance |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
revolutionary movements |
en_US |
| dc.title |
The Evolution of Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico: From Mining Opposition to Community Revolution |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.type.methodology |
Case Study |
en_US |
| dc.publisher.workingpaperseries |
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.region |
Central America & Caribbean |
en_US |
| dc.coverage.country |
Puerto Rico |
en_US |
| dc.subject.sector |
Social Organization |
en_US |