Description and Analysis of the Main Causes that Led to the Invalidation of the Referendum Regarding the Restarting of Mining in Roșia Montană Cover Image

Description and Analysis of the Main Causes that Led to the Invalidation of the Referendum Regarding the Restarting of Mining in Roșia Montană
Description and Analysis of the Main Causes that Led to the Invalidation of the Referendum Regarding the Restarting of Mining in Roșia Montană

Author(s): Bogdan Nicolae Mucea
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: mining; referendum; Rosia Montana; RMGC; the model of concentric circles;

Summary/Abstract: In order to implement the gold and silver mining project in Roșia Montană, Roșia Montană Gold Corporation (RMGC) adopted the strategy of glocalisation in its interaction with the local community; as part of the same strategy, the referendum to restart mining in the Apuseni region was also conducted. The article presents, based on the data analysis technique, the results of the referendum, while also identifying the main causes of its invalidation. Among the causes referred to below, the disregard of the concentric circles model and the exaggerated extension of the areas (the localities) where the referendum was organized emerge as prominent.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1-Suppl
  • Page Range: 101-112
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English