3 July 2025
Mining Legitimacy: Governing the Politics of Resource-Based Green Industrial Policy
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Green transitions are not only technological but deeply political. They rely on resources – land, minerals, water – mostly located in low- and middle-income countries, where extraction is increasingly contested. Drawing on evidence from Argentina and Chile, this paper examines how socioenvironmental conflicts and civic engagement are transforming green industrial policy in resource-rich contexts