Governance in the Extractive Industries

Power, Cultural Politics and Regulation
Herausgeber: Leonard, Lori; Grovogui, Siba N

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores emergent forms of governance in mining and extractive industry projects around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780415786881
• ISBN-10: 0415786886
• Artikelnr.: 49085569

Autorenporträt

Lori Leonard is a Professor in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University, USA. Siba N. Grovogui is a Professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Governing in the Extractive Industries: An Introduction
1. Tendencies in Tension: Resource Governance and Social Contradictions in
Contemporary Bolivia
2. Mining, Criminalization, and the Right to Protest: Everyday
Constructions of the Post-Neoliberal Ecuadorian State
3. Preserving Illusions: The Rule of Law and Legitimacy under the Chad
Pipeline Project
4. "We Own This Oil": Artisanal Refineries, Extractive Industries and the
Politics of Oil in Nigeria
5. Converting Threats to Power: Methane Extraction in Lake Kivu, Rwanda
6. Politics in the Public Sphere: ENGOs and Oil Companies in the
International Climate Negotiations, 1987-2001
7. Preventing the Resource Curse: Ethnographic Notes on an Economic
Experiment
8. Illness, Compensation, and Claims for Justice: Lessons from the
Choropampa Mercury Spill
9. Wars of Words: Experts, Oil, and Environmental Governance in Chad
10. Post-Script: Mapping Neo-Extractive Frontiers across Africa and Latin
America