Marc Hufty | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva (original) (raw)

Papers by Marc Hufty

Social Science Research Network, 2010

En este texto se argumenta que el "Marco Analítico de la Gobernanza" (MAG) es una metodología con... more En este texto se argumenta que el "Marco Analítico de la Gobernanza" (MAG) es una metodología con un fuerte potencial para la investigación en políticas sociales, particularmente en el caso de la salud pública. Definiendo el concepto de gobernanza de manera pragmática, ésta se refiere a los procesos de interacción entre los actores involucrados en un asunto público, que llevan a la toma de decisiones o a la formulación de normas sociales. Se postula que hay procesos de gobernanza presentes en cualquier sociedad y, a diferencia de otros acercamientos, éstos se pueden observar y analizar a partir de una perspectiva que no sea normativa o prescriptiva. Finalmente, se desarrolla una metodología apoyada en varias disciplinas sociales que sirve para diagnosticar los procesos colectivos, misma que a su vez, se basa en cinco unidades analíticas principales presentadas aquí: problemas, actores, normas, procesos y puntos nodales. Estas unidades analíticas pretenden constituir una metodología coherente y lógicamente articulada y se propone su uso como instrumento metodológico para la investigación en políticas sociales.

Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks, Feb 1, 1996

Social Science Research Network, Feb 16, 2011

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imp... more The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of FAO.

Graduate Institute Publications eBooks, 1998

Resources Policy, Mar 1, 2023

Social Science Research Network, Aug 13, 2008

... With forest cover of 46% and 23% covered by savannah, the Chaco is characterised by a flat la... more ... With forest cover of 46% and 23% covered by savannah, the Chaco is characterised by a flat landscape, but it also borders ... In December 2004, A. Pérez Esquivel, the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner, received Wichí representatives and publicly demanded an intervention by the ...

Consilience: journal of sustainable development, 2011

Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures

International Journal of Integrated Care

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2007

Biodiversity has become in the last few years a major issue in international relations. It implie... more Biodiversity has become in the last few years a major issue in international relations. It implies strategic questions of utmost importance for humankind, states and many other actors. Food security and the development of biotechnologies have sharpened the conflicts related to biological diversity conservation, access and rights of use. The main political tension lies between developing countries, where most of the genetic resources are found, and industrialized countries, which have the capacity to exploit them. The importance of this issue justifies the development of international cooperation mechanisms, which are currently insufficient, as well as increased investments in research.

Études internationales, 1997

The Extractive Industries and Society, 2022

Lithium mining in Chile’s Salar de Atacama (SdA) has a relatively long and controversial history,... more Lithium mining in Chile’s Salar de Atacama (SdA) has a relatively long and controversial history, especially when it comes to the local Indigenous peoples. In this context, this paper looks at the ways mining activities, and different visions of territory and indigeneity co-produce each other in the particular context of the SdA. For this, we use historical and ethnographic methods and draw on studies in anthropology and geography. We aim to escape simplistic images of Indigenous peoples’ reactions to mining as reflecting victimhood, resistance, or strategic pragmatism, and show instead how individuals and groups organize and express themselves in ambivalent ways, maintaining complex relationships with both mining and the territory. According to our local interlocutors, struggles around territory in the SdA mainly concern water scarcity, the survival of this unique ecosystem’s biological diversity, as well as continuity and change in local lifeways. While recent agreements between mining companies and local communities may benefit some individuals, they are also generating interand intra- community tensions over these issues. We find that mining shapes what ’indigenous’ means and who can claim this identity, while Indigenous mobilization in turn shapes how mining is perceived and carried out. Together, mining and Indigenous mobilization produce a particular kind of territory, pervaded by diverse lines of both consensus and tension. Rather than contradictions, the ambivalent positions Indigenous peoples maintain become comprehensible when considering, ethnographically and historically, the particular places and lifeworlds they inhabit, and the asymmetrical patterns of constraint and opportunity they face. More broadly, the paper raises questions about the implications of a global transition to renewable energy based on lithium battery technologies, and ethical responses to the climate crisis.

The Extractive Industries and Society