Bibliographic citations
Wieland, P., (2020). Sleeping Beauty and the Lottery Miners: Resistance to Waged Labor Relations in Peru’s Informal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector [Yale University]. http://renati.sunedu.gob.pe/handle/sunedu/1884492
Wieland, P., Sleeping Beauty and the Lottery Miners: Resistance to Waged Labor Relations in Peru’s Informal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector []. US: Yale University; 2020. http://renati.sunedu.gob.pe/handle/sunedu/1884492
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title = "Sleeping Beauty and the Lottery Miners: Resistance to Waged Labor Relations in Peru’s Informal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector",
author = "Wieland Fernandini, Patrick",
publisher = "Yale University",
year = "2020"
}
Identifying the root causes of informality is not an easy task. Yet, without understanding the complex dynamics and causes of informality, any government-backed response to the problem risks being ineffective.164 I contend that to understand the persistence and entrenchment of informality in Peru’s ASM sector it is necessary to go beyond the legalist school of thought embodied by de Soto. Rather, following a legal history / post-structuralist perspective, I propose an alternative explanation that is based on (a) the role of the Government of Peru as an agent of informalization due to complicit and neglectful behavior in the regulation and enforcement of ASM; and (b) the historical processes of ASM, which suggest a strong resistance to SER (waged labor relations) and deeply ingrained cultural principles that favor direct appropriation strategies by workers (i.e. lottery-like arrangements). Even though I agree with de Soto that conventional property rights and legitimacy are important in the design of formalization programs, I show that they are not enough to tackle persistent informality. Close examination of the property rights structure in Peru’s informal ASM sector reveals that labor relations rather than property relations is the source of the problem in the industry. While I recognize that there is no silver bullet to regularize ASM, I propose a more inclusive approach to formalization that encompasses the existing complex labor arrangements on the ground to protect the massive mining working force, while at the same time safeguarding core labor, safety and health, and social security rights for lottery miners.
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