Advocacy Coalition Framework and Political Agencies related to the Garabi Complex on the Brazilian and Argentine border

Abstract

In order to understand the intricate social dynamics and conflicts in the historical development resulting from the binational Garabi Complex project, which involves the construction of two large dams (Garabi and Panambi) in the Argentine and Brazilian stretches of the Uruguay River, in this article we analyze the configuration of disputes that this project raises. The analytical approach of the Advocacy Coalition Framework is used in combination with an analysis of the different political agencies and discourses that are recognized in the fields of these disputes. A comparative and diachronic perspective is employed Two opposing coalitions are identified and we observe that conflicts, agencies and mobilizations, narratives and policies have, on the one hand, a common origin and a transnational dynamic, but on the other hand, they also present peculiarities, which vary according to local and national contexts.