Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects. This book explores emergent forms of governance in mining and extractive industry projects around the world.
Chapters examine efforts to govern extractive activities across multiple political scales, throughout intermediaries, instruments, technologies, discourses, and...
Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capital...
The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past. Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have tarnished the reputation of the industry across the globe. Over a decade ago the major mining companies embraced the concept of sustainable and equitable development and embarked on an explicit process of reform - but has the industry actually changed?
This book explores the dynamics of change-making for sustainable development in the resources sector, specifically the mining of mineral and energy resources....
The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past. Pollution, human ri...
Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or Special Economic Zones has emerged as perhaps the most explosive issue in India over the past decade. Industrialising Rural India sheds light on crucial political and social dynamics that unfold today as India seeks to accelerate industrial growth. The volume examines key aspects that are implicated in current...
Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a...
The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America. This shift has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that provides critical perspectives on these issues.
The book marshals original, empirical work from leading social scientists in a variety of disciplines to address a range of questions about the practices of mining companies on the ground, the...
The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global sou...
The current discourse on mine closure is informed predominantly by industry and corporate perspectives and the experiences of mining companies that are based in developed countries where necessary legislative and regulatory requirements are enforced reasonably well. Mine closure planning, well promoted and accepted as good business practice in the global minerals industry, has been primarily technical and forward-looking both in approach and focus. This book presents two varying experiences of mine closure to demonstrate that understanding and practice must go beyond the protocols of...
The current discourse on mine closure is informed predominantly by industry and corporate perspectives and the experiences of mining companies that...
