Chapter 8 Cerro de San Pedro: Grass roots movements in co-operation and conflict to stop a living city from disappearing

Abstract

Grass roots movements in relationships of cooperation and conflict between firms, communities, and government have an important role to stop a living city from disappearing. This chapter describes and analyzes the implications of the collective action used by grass roots movements in the defense of an old mining town, Cerro de San Pedro, of being disappeared due to the pollution of fresh watersheds by the operations of a mining company and the effects on the living city of San Luis Potosì, in the center of Mèxico.

Citation

Vargas-Hernández, J.G. (2010), "Chapter 8 Cerro de San Pedro: Grass roots movements in co-operation and conflict to stop a living city from disappearing", Aras, G. and Crowther, D. (Ed.) NGOs and Social Responsibility (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 161-189. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-0523(2010)0000001015