Research Catalog

Title

The politics of resource extraction : indigenous peoples, multinational corporations, and the state / edited by Suzana Sawyer, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, USA, and Edmund Terence Gomez, Professor of Political Economy, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

• Sawyer, Suzana, 1961-
• Gomez, Edmund Terence.

Description

xv, 314 pages; 23 cm.

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"--

Series Statement

International political economy series

Uniform Title

International political economy series (Palgrave (Firm))

Subjects

• Business and politics
• International business enterprises
• Mineral industries > Government policy
• Indigenous people > Politics and government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 283-306) 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.

Call Number

JFD 12-3577

ISBN

• 9780230347724
• 023034772X

LCCN

2012012794

OCLC

YBP 2012012794

Title

The politics of resource extraction : indigenous peoples, multinational corporations, and the state / edited by Suzana Sawyer, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, USA, and Edmund Terence Gomez, Professor of Political Economy, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Imprint

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

International political economy series

International political economy series (Palgrave (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 283-306) and index.

Added Author

Sawyer, Suzana, 1961-

Gomez, Edmund Terence.

Research Call Number

JFD 12-3577