期刊名称：Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society
电子版ISSN：2572-9861
出版年度：2019
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：237-252
DOI：10.1080/25729861.2018.1554344
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：This paper explores the relationship between social cohesion andLatin American socio-environmental conflicts. A case study wascarried out about the largest socio-environmental conflict in ElBolsón, Patagonia Argentina, where part of the population hasbeen rejecting a real estate development project on PeritoMoreno Mountain, a protected area which is the headwater basin.By means of a theory triangulation, the representations andpractices of the parties involved were investigated, throughdocument analysis (press media, technical reports from thecompanies, and government organizations involved), in-depthinterviews with key informants, and participant observation. Inconclusion, this socio-environmental conflict acted as athermometer to measure social cohesion: on the one hand,exposing its weaknesses at the level of the community as a whole,and on the other hand, uncovering its strengths in the group thatrejects this project.
