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Capital Accumulation, Hegemony, and Socio-Ecological Struggles

Beyond “Socially Constructed” Disasters: Re-politicizing the Debate on Large Dams through a Political Ecology of Risk

Amelie HuberICTA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain;Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Santiago GorostizaCES, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalView further author information
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Panagiota KotsilaICTA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, SpainView further author information
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María J. BeltránEconomics Department, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, SpainView further author information
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Marco ArmieroEnvironmental Humanities Laboratory at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
Pages 48-68 | Received 05 Jan 2016, Accepted 27 Jul 2016, Published online: 01 Sep 2016

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