Earth Matters : Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility

ISBN-13: 9781906093167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 272 str.

Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh;Saleem H. Ali

Opis

Indigenous peoples have historically gained little from large-scale resource development on their traditional lands, and have suffered from its negative impacts on their cultures, economies and societies. During recent decades indigenous groups and their allies have fought hard to change this situation: in some cases by opposing development entirely; in many others by seeking a fundamental change in the distribution of benefits and costs from resource exploitation. In doing so they have utilized a range of approaches, including efforts to win greater recognition of indigenous rights in international fora; pressure for passage of national and state or provincial legislation recognizing indigenous land rights and protecting indigenous culture; litigation in national and international courts; and direct political action aimed at governments and developers, often in alliance with non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Spis treści

Foreword Wayne Bergmann, Executive Director, Kimberley Land Council Introduction Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia 1. Corporate social responsibility and democratisation: opportunities and obstacles Katherine Trebeck, Research and Policy Executive, the Wise Group, Glasgow, UK 2. The impact of resource development on social ties: theory and methods for assessment Sharman Haley, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA, and James Magdanz, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kotzebue Alaska, USA 3. Realising solidarity: indigenous peoples and NGOs in the contested terrains of mining and corporate accountability Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada 4. Understanding corporate–Aboriginal agreements on mineral development: a conceptual framework Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Department of Politics and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia 5. Indigenous peoples, corporate social responsibility and the fragility of the interpersonal domain Richie Howitt, Department of Human Geography, Macquarie University, Australia, and Rebecca Lawrence, Department of Sociology, University of Stockholm, Sweden 6. Corporate engagement with indigenous women in the minerals industry: making space for theory Ginger Gibson, Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Deanna Kemp, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia 7. Archaeological heritage and traditional forests within the logging economy of British Columbia: an opportunity for corporate social responsibility Bill Angelbeck, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Canada 8. Indigenous employment outcomes in the Australian mining industry Tanuja Barker, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Queensland, Australia 9. The fragmentation of responsibilities in the Melanesian mining sector Colin Filer and John Burton, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, and Glenn Banks, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, New Zealand 10. Shareholder activism and corporate behaviour in Ecuador: a comparative study of two oil ventures Emily McAteer, RiskMetrics Group, USA, Jamie Cerretti, Environment America, USA, and Saleem H. Ali, University of Vermont, USA 11. Environmental justice concerns with transnational mining operations: exploring the limitations of post-crisis community dialogues in Peru Isabelle Anguelovski, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 12. Indigenous people and mineral resource extraction in Russia: the case of diamonds Susan A. Crate, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, USA, and Natalia Yakovleva, BRASS Research Centre, Cardiff University, UK 13. Conclusion Saleem H. Ali, University of Vermont, USA