Under the banner of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporations have become increasingly important players in international development. These days, CSR's union of economics and ethics is virtually unquestioned as an antidote to harsh neoliberal reforms and the delinquen…
Under the banner of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporations have become increasingly important players in international development. These days, CSR's union of economics and ethics is virtually unquestioned as an antidote to harsh neoliberal reforms and the delinquen…
"Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly turned to mining to produce many of their basic social and cultural objects. From cell phones to cars and roadways, metal pots to wall tile and even talcum powder, minerals products have become central to moder…
"Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly turned to mining to produce many of their basic social and cultural objects. From cell phones to cars and roadways, metal pots to wall tile and even talcum powder, minerals products have become central to moder…
"'Capital mediators' argues that mining engineers were the critical intermediaries responsible for integrating the transnational hard-rock mining districts of North America into the economic system of the United States. Working as labor managers and technical experts, mining eng…
Draws on colonial, postcolonial, and critical race theory to examine the racialized distribution of power that underpins Canadian mining in several African countries and reveal a colonialist mindset that legitimizes extraction through neo-liberal legal frameworks and a national …
This work explores the great diversity that characterises initiatives and policies under the name of CSR, the highly contingent and contextual nature of corporate responss to indigenous demands, and the complex and evolving nature of indigenous-corporate relations.
Indigenous peoples have historically gained little from large-scale resource development on their traditional lands. This book explores the great diversity of approaches to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the extractive industries, and the complex and evolving nature of…
This title provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores.
On 16 August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANG) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. The Spirit of Marikana tells the story of the union leaders at the world's thre…
The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction. The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to address …
"Combining insights from international relations theory with institutional approaches from organization theory and public policy, this book provides a complete explanation for the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), showing how global norms influenced CSR adoption…
