Extractive Relations

Countervailing Power and the Global Mining Industry
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78353-479-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 369 g

Extractive Relations explores the nature of industrial power and its role in shaping what we understand to be the global mining sector. The authors examine issues at the forefront of contemporary debates: corporate obligations in safeguarding the rights of people displaced by mining, the recognition of community rights and interests in supporting or opposing mining developments, the handling of non-judicial grievances and workability of corporate remedy systems, and the logic of community relations departments in navigating these issues inside and outside of the typical modern mining establishment.

The authors develop a unique theoretical approach that highlights the different types and uses of power in these settings. This perspective is supported by the authors' own sustained engagement with the mining sector over many years, drawing on cases from over twenty countries. The analysis of these issues from both 'inside' and 'outside' the sector is a key point of differentiation. For readers seeking to understand how mining companies interpret and interact with the communities and interests around their operations, this book provides invaluable insight and analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, John R.

Kemp, Deanna

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. An interlude on social licence and countervailing power: from metaphor to realism 3. Social licence and mining: A critical perspective 4. An interlude on community relations: A dual proposition 5. Community relations and mining: Core to business but not core business 6. An interlude on the industrial rendering of voluntary obligation over involuntary displacement 7. Mining-induced displacement and resettlement: a critical appraisal 8. An interlude on the confluence of countervailing pressures 9. 'Free prior and informed consent', social complexity and the mining industry 10. An interlude on remedy systems and the dangers of monopoly capital 11. Grievance handling at a foreign-owned mine in Southeast Asia 12. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

John Owen is an Associate Professor at the Centre of Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM), at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland, Australia

Deanna Kemp is a Professor at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland, Australia.