Social movements, Cultural differences and paradoxes. Negotiating risks in a dam project

Abstract

This article uses the Risk Society Theory and the Constructivist point of view in order to analyze the risk perception of affectioned by the projects of regulation of River Esera that were proposed by the Govern withour succes from 1976 to now. We observe the argumental estrategy and the ideological coherence that the affected showed against the projects. The conclusions are two. The first one is that the afected would like their cultural difference were recognized on reality definition of Govern. And the second one is that this difference must be shown but not translated by social scientists in order to the govern in the policy level and the scientist in theoretical level coyld dialogue with the real affectioned but not with their re-presentation.