The politics of resource extraction : Indigenous peoples, multinational corporations and the state

The politics of resource extraction : Indigenous peoples, multinational corporations and the state / edited by Suzana Sawyer and Edmund Terence Gomez.

International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, C...

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Other Authors: Sawyer, Suzana, 1961- (Editor), Gomez, Edmund Terence (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:International political economy series.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Economic conditions.
Mineral industries.
mining.
Political economy.
Mining industry.
Indigenous peoples.
Development studies.
Economics.
Indigenous peoples > Economic conditions
Mineral industries
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Transnational Governmentality in the Context of Resource Extraction; 2 On Indigenous Identity and a Language of Rights; 3 State, Capital, Multinational Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples; 4 Indigenous Rights, Mining Corporations, and the Australian State; 5 Extracting Justice: Natural Gas, Indigenous Mobilization, and the Bolivian State; 6 The Broker State and the 'Inevitability' of Progress: The Camisea Project and Indigenous Peoples in Peru.
  • 7 Development, Power, and Identity Politics in the Philippines8 The Nigerian State, Multinational Oil Corporations, and the Indigenous Communities of the Niger Delta; 9 Identity, Power, and Development: The Kondhs in Orissa, India; 10 Public-Private Partnership and Institutional Capture: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Chad and Cameroon; 11 Identity, Power, and Rights: The State, International Institutions, and Indigenous Peoples in Canada; Conclusion: Attending to the Paradox: Public Governance and Inclusive International Platforms.
  • Appendix 1: International Conventions and IFI Policies on Indigenous RightsAppendix 2: Cross-Section of Domestic Legislation Pertaining to Indigenous Rights; Appendix 3: Legal Institutions and Authorities for the Enforcement of Indigenous Rights; Bibliography; Index.

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