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

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Title:	Chapter 8 Cerro de San Pedro: Grass roots movements in co-operation and conflict to stop a living city from disappearing
Author(s):	José G. Vargas-Hernández
Volume:	1 Editor(s): Güler Aras, David Crowther ISBN: 978-0-85724-295-2 eISBN: 978-0-85724-296-9
Citation:	José G. Vargas-Hernández (2010), Chapter 8 Cerro de San Pedro: Grass roots movements in co-operation and conflict to stop a living city from disappearing, in Güler Aras, David Crowther (ed.) NGOs and Social Responsibility (Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Volume 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.161-189
DOI:	10.1108/S2043-0523(2010)0000001015 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Extract:	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.