Coaliciones interétnicas, framing y estrategias de movilización contra centrales hidroeléctricas en chile: ¿qué podemos aprender de los casos de ralco y neltume?

Abstract

Two cases are analyzed longitudinally to examine ethnic activism in contentious coalitions against the construction of hydroelectric plants in Chile. We want to assess the success of interethnic coalitions and the conditions that contribute to it. A multidimensional model is proposed that seeks to define specific factors that would help explain the results in each case. We conclude that, although the political context can facilitate or limit development in either case, the most relevant factors are related to the local associative capacity, construction of transversal framing, support by, or coincidence with, diverse public institutions, and identification of a local economy alternative to the project.