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Title The politics of resource extraction [electronic resource] : indigenous peoples, multinational corporations, and the state / edited by Suzana Sawyer and Edmund Terence Gomez.

Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan : United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012.

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Description xv, 314 p. : maps.
Series International political economy series
International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: -- Transnational Governmentality in the Context of Resource Extraction; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez -- On Indigenous Identity and a Language of Rights; S.Sawyer& E.T.Gomez -- State, Capital, Multinational Institutions and Indigenous Peoples; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez -- Indigenous Rights, Mining Corporations and the Australian State; J.Altman -- Extracting Justice: Natural Gas, Indigenous Mobilization and the Bolivian State; T.Perreault -- The Broker State and the 'Inevitability' of Progress: The Camisea Project and Indigenous Peoples in Peru; P.Urteaga-Crovetto -- Development, Power and Identity Politics in the Philippines; R.D.Rovillos & V.Tauli-Corpuz -- The Nigerian State, Multinational Oil Corporations and the Indigenous Communities of the Niger Delta; B.Naanen -- Identity, Power and Development: The Kondhs in Orissa, India; V.Xaxa -- Public-Private Partnership and Institutional Capture: The State, International Institutions and Indigenous Peoples in Chad and Cameroon; K.Horta -- Identity, Power and Rights: The State, International Institutions and Indigenous Peoples in Canada; M.Davis -- Attending to the Paradox: Public Governance and Inclusive International Platforms; S.Sawyer & E.T.Gomez -- Appendix 1: International Conventions and IFI Policies on Indigenous Rights -- Appendix 2: Cross-Section of Domestic Legislation Pertaining to Indigenous Rights -- Appendix 3: Legal Institutions and Authorities for the Enforcement of Indigenous Rights.
Summary "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, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Mineral industries -- Government policy.
Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government.
Business and politics.
International business enterprises.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Sawyer, Suzana, 1961-
Gomez, Edmund Terence.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780230347724
9780230368798 (e-book)

 
    
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