Global contested terrain: The case of the tuna-dolphin controversy

Douglas Constance, Alessandro Bonanno and William Heffernan

Agriculture and Human Values, 1995, vol. 12, issue 3, 19-33

Abstract: Employing the case of the global tuna-fish industry, it is argued that the process of globalization is contested terrain as it opens “free spaces” to some classes or groups and closes “free spaces” to others; that the nation-States' regulatory abilities are weakened; and finally, that while some social movements may gain, others are marginalized. Three basic conclusions are reached. (1) The industry's actions were successfully “contested” by environmental groups supported by the legislative and judicial branches of the US State. (2) Simultaneously, pro-environmental legislation is currently threatened, along with several national and international environmental accords. (3) Workers in the US and, particularly, in Latin America are paying the consequences of the introduction of pro-environmental legislation and the actions of transnational corporations (TNCs). Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995

Date: 1995
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