Stuck in between.

Autor(en)

Gertrude Saxinger, Natalia Krasnoshtanova, Gertraud Illmeier

Abstrakt

Verkhnemarkovo is a small Siberian town located on an oil field in Russia’s Irkutskaia oblast’ that has long been plagued by bad roads and limited mobility. Here we explore the relationship between CSR and the wellbeing of individuals and communities, with a focus on transport and mobility infrastructure. We argue that contemporary life in Verkhnemarkovo is characterized by so-called “infrastructural violence,” resulting from a lack of state support (or false promises made by the state) relating to good transport infrastructure; power disparities in decision-making about new projects; and inequity and discrimination in mobility-related opportunities. This chapter discusses how the community is left in a state of limbo between the state and the oil companies, who donate voluntarily, if at all. We conclude that the current system cannot be considered to be supporting socio-economic or ecological sustainability or sustainable wellbeing for individuals or communities.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Bern, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI)

Seiten

378-392

Anzahl der Seiten

15

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429354663-31

Publikationsdatum

01-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504009 Ethnologie, 507010 Politische Geographie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Sozialwissenschaften

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden, SDG 12 – Nachhaltige/r Konsum und Produktion, SDG 16 – Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und starke Institutionen

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/1b296a27-feab-42b2-a958-d6983beefc0d