Megaprojects as sites for resistance: the electoral effects of Mapuche attacks on highways
- Autor(en)
- Felipe Livert, Xabier Gainza, Pablo Herrera-Rivera
- Abstrakt
Megaprojects are electoral magnets due to their transformative power, but they also raise strong opposition. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design, this paper assesses the impact on presidential elections of Mapuche attacks and protests at two strategic road infrastructures. Mapuche uses a repertoire of non-conventional actions in their struggle with the Chilean state seeking self-determination. Estimations reveal that attacks reduce the likelihood of victory for the governing coalition at nearby polling stations, while protests have no effect. We interpret these results as a contest in the symbolic sphere to oppose the narratives of modernity and unity that highways embody.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung
- Journal
- Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
- ISSN
- 1752-1378
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaf004
- Publikationsdatum
- 03-2025
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 507016 Regionalökonomie, 507011 Raumforschung, 502027 Politische Ökonomie
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/dcb0e347-b691-4afa-80eb-4ca4a3b5feaf