Local contention, global framing: The protest campaigns against the TAV in Val di Susa and the bridge on the Messina Straits

Authors: Della Porta, Donatella¹; Piazza, Gianni²

Source: Environmental Politics, Volume 16, Number 5, November 2007 , pp. 864-882(19)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Two cases of long-lasting environmental conflicts in Italy - one against the construction of a high-speed railway in Val di Susa, the other against the building of a bridge across the Messina Straits - are analysed. Recent social scientific literature has considered such conflicts as either Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY), egotistical and anti-modernist, or as a progressive defence of the quality of life in a territory. A characteristic of both these strands of literature is to consider interests as exogenous. We concentrate instead on the definition of the identity of the protestors, the stakes of the conflict, and the solutions to them as they emerge through cognitive conflicts.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644010701634257

Affiliations: 1: European University Institute, Italy 2: University of Catania, Italy

Publication date: 2007-11-01