Natural Resource Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods: Development Challenges in an Era of Globalization

Natural Resource Extraction and Indigenous Livelihoods: Development Challenges in an Era of Globalization
ISBN-10
140947268X
ISBN-13
9781409472681
Category
Social Science
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2014-02-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Authors
Dr Emma Gilberthorpe, Professor Gavin Hilson

Description

This book provides an extended analysis of how resource extraction projects stimulate social, cultural and economic change in indigenous communities. Through a range of case studies, including open cast mining, artisanal mining, logging, deforestation, oil extraction and industrial fishing, the contributors explore the challenges highlighted in global debates on sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and climate change. The case studies are used to assess whether and how development processes might compete and conflict with the market objectives of multinational corporations and the organizational and moral principles of indigenous communities. Emphasizing the perspectives of directly-affected parties, the authors identify common patterns in the way in which extraction projects are conceptualized, implemented and perceived. The book provides a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the human environments where resource extraction takes place and its consequent impacts on local livelihoods. Its in-depth case studies underscore the need for increased social accountability in the planning and development of natural resource extraction projects.

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