Governmentality, Regulatory Capture and Re-Imagining Citizen Subjectivities as Resistance: the case of the Mount Thorley-Warkworth coal mine expansion in New South Wales, Australia

This thesis explores how citizens engage with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process to influence decision making outcomes for major projects such as coal mines. A detailed case study is presented of the community of Bulga, exploring their experiences in trying to prevent the expansion of the Mt Thorley-Warkworth coal mine expansion in the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia.