The politics of resource extraction: indigenous peoples, multinational corporations and the state

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. SUZANA SAWYER Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, USA. She is the author of 'Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador' and numerous articles. Her current work examines a longstanding transnational lawsuit on alleged oil contamination. EDMUND TERENCE GOMEZ Professor of Political Economy at Universityof Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously, he has held appointments at Leeds University, Murdoch University, Kobe University and UNRISD in Geneva, Switzerland. His publications include 'Political Business in East Asia 'and 'TheState, Development and Identity in Multi-ethnic Countries: Ethnicity, Equity and the Nation'. INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-230-34772-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés